It would be difficult to say anything meaningful about "Innocence". It received respectable reviews and some fringe awards and is the product of a capable but not renown Aussie auteur. The players are competent and overall it makes for an okay watch for those who can accept the implausible notion that old folks can somehow recapture a love they experienced some 40+ years before as young adults. The film may seem clumsy, awkward, and contrived because it assumes an absolute nature of love and seems to contradict the relative nature of love. It annoyingly bounces back and forth between the couple in youth and old age when it's more likely that to be in love 40+ years later they would have to go back to square one and start over making for a whole nother story. Also, Claire is a bit of a pill making such a capricious foray into the arms of her old flame knowing full well the impact it will have on her husband....etc. It may be of some interest to note that the 45+ group scored this film the same as the other adult age group on IMDB.com. Mild entertainment which will probably play best with sentimentalists with an appetite for old people stories. (B-)
