Phew, What a take on life and What a movie, Director Tamara Jenkins has delivered to us? Absolutely Fantastic, Private Life uses a couple's emotional bumpy journey, almost making it, a kind of mature dramedy on infertility. The movie is very emotional on several occasions but the scenes are rarely dramatized and appear picture perfect authentic, frame by frame. At its heart, Private Life has some genuine laughs, emotional tension, and loads of drama to keep the viewer glued to the screen, and completely engaged. The movie has a strong and a wonderful cast, delivering some of the finest acting performances, that I have seen in a very long time.
Cinematography is decent, well one doesn't expect too much out of it, in a movie like this one. Screenplay is wonderfully written, crafted with great care actually. The writers have done some serious heavy lifting on this one, in my opinion. Editing keeps up the pace and the movie doesn't lag much in its 124 minute runtime. Music lightens the mood, when things get serious. Production design, costumes and makeup are very good. Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn deliver some very memorable performances on screen, nothing like their usual small supporting characters, that they normally play. These are some of the best acting performances of their life time possibly. They are ably supported by Kayli Carter and a host of other actors.
Overall, A mature storyline, explicit sexual content and an appealing young co-star may attract teen interest, but Private Life is not made for them, because the movie's main focus is on the struggles of a couple in their 40s who are trying to keep their relationship together while they're on an emotionally and physically exhausting journey to parenthood. As a matter of fact a lot of couples undergo the same gruelling spectre that Rachel and Richard go through in this movie, my prayers are with them.
When young we take a lot of things for granted, it is only when we don't have them down the line, we understand to value things, Private Life is a lesson for all of us to understand the perils and hardships, infertile couples go through. The movie gives us a chance to understand, redeem our outlook and be supportive in our approach towards them. Highly recommended for mature audiences, who like drama. 8.6 stars out of 10 for a dramedy like no other in the recent times.
Cinematography is decent, well one doesn't expect too much out of it, in a movie like this one. Screenplay is wonderfully written, crafted with great care actually. The writers have done some serious heavy lifting on this one, in my opinion. Editing keeps up the pace and the movie doesn't lag much in its 124 minute runtime. Music lightens the mood, when things get serious. Production design, costumes and makeup are very good. Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn deliver some very memorable performances on screen, nothing like their usual small supporting characters, that they normally play. These are some of the best acting performances of their life time possibly. They are ably supported by Kayli Carter and a host of other actors.
Overall, A mature storyline, explicit sexual content and an appealing young co-star may attract teen interest, but Private Life is not made for them, because the movie's main focus is on the struggles of a couple in their 40s who are trying to keep their relationship together while they're on an emotionally and physically exhausting journey to parenthood. As a matter of fact a lot of couples undergo the same gruelling spectre that Rachel and Richard go through in this movie, my prayers are with them.
When young we take a lot of things for granted, it is only when we don't have them down the line, we understand to value things, Private Life is a lesson for all of us to understand the perils and hardships, infertile couples go through. The movie gives us a chance to understand, redeem our outlook and be supportive in our approach towards them. Highly recommended for mature audiences, who like drama. 8.6 stars out of 10 for a dramedy like no other in the recent times.