Movie #262 "In the Mood for Love" gets a thumbs up for being different. It's about requited love, but with an edge --- it's two people who are neighbors and discover that their partners are having an affair, but they don't fall into the trap of "what the heck" why don't we just have one, too! They take the high road, and it's pretty cool to watch the other side of the story --- we usually watch the illicit lovers, but the camera this time is on the victim's of the other relationship and it is quite telling. This is such a quiet, uncomfrotable film, but that tone makes this viewer watch it even more intently. It's very stylish and claustrophobic. Taking place in Hong Kong, the sets I found interesting to see, and they were filmed quite well.
Average rating: 3.803
I'd give it 3.5
In the Mood for Love
Hua yang nian hua / In the Mood for Love: Disc 1
(2001) PG
In director Kar Wai Wong's delicately mannered tale of platonic romance set in 1962 Hong Kong, neighboring married apartment-dwellers Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung, who won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his role) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) discover that their often-absent spouses are having an affair. The two spend much of their free time together and find they have much in common, but vow never to behave like their unfaithful mates.
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