The Face of Love

  • 2013


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$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 33
Negative reviews 19
Average Rating 2.9/5
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2.5
Unfortunately, the tension of this premise ends up being the most compelling thing about The Face Of Love. Av Club
2.5
And what a shameful waste of a potentially dynamic movie couple, who really offer the only reason to sit through such a subpar soapy affair. Rogerebert
4.5
Made with enough sensitivity to beg a certain guilty pleasure indulgence and tolerance for its inert stretches, The Face of Love tips its hat at sever .. Variety
2.5
As a showcase for one of the finest American actors, The Face of Love is almost worth recommending. We Got This Covered
3.0
Though this unabashedly earnest tearjerker doesnt completely transcend its narrative absurdities, its enough of a distinctively odd duck to keep you e .. Time Out
2.0
Perhaps it needed a young M Night Shyamalan to endow it with some final whiplash twist. The Guardian
1.9
An almost offensively tasteful dud that remains irritatingly on the surface, more alive to the set design than the characters motivations.
1.9
Bening and Harris are great actors, and they fill their roles as completely as they can, given the limitations of the soggy and implausible script by ..
4.5
Grown up romance and disturbing psychology make a satisfying match. The Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Ms. Bening ... immediately this woman come so satisfyingly alive, breathing believable vitality and at times contradictory emotions into what might ha .. The New York Times
3.8
One of the strengths of the film is a tone that teeters between psychological thriller and beautiful love story. Paste Magazine
1.5
Then again, it may be enough for those deprived of sensitive adult fare that The Face of Love offers up both Benings exquisite portrayal of doomed com ..
2.5
So theres a whole lot of This, but theres a little too much That. San Francisco Chronicle
1.9
Instead, through the head scratching ending and mawkish coda, The Face of Loves story runs and blotches like cheap mascara. The Globe And Mail
4.0
Writer and director Arie Posin has fashioned an enthralling psychological love story that streams into our hearts through two superb performances by A .. Spirituality And Practice
4.5
The Face of Love becomes a study of a woman gradually losing her grip on reality, thanks to the universe playing a seriously dirty trick on her. Village Voice
2.8
Even really fine actors like Annette Benning and Ed Harris cant do much with this ludicrous doppelganger story. Sover
3.2
At the very least, theres phenomenal work from Annette Bening, who invests in the frailties of human emotion, and Ed Harris, showing uncharacteristic .. Blu Ray
0.5
The first ten minutes of The Face of Love function as what might be called a statement of purposelessness, announcing exactly how and why the movie wi .. Chicago Reader
3.2
But Annette Benning doesnt seem grief stricken as much as flaky and in the Barbara Bel Geddes role, Robin Williams is more a creepy neighbor than wann ..
2.5
This is where the viewer starts hoping this plodding romance will become a horror film, just to liven things up. Usa Today
3.8
Its ultimately clear that Tims Vermeer doesnt quite have enough material to warrant a full length feature, but, by that same token, theres little doub .. Reel Film Reviews
3.0
The storys plausibility is stretched in places, but it is held together by Bening and Harris, both of whom are wholly convincing at all times. Radio Times
3.0
The actors, though, lift the material. The most poignant performance comes from the late Robin Williams in a cameo as Nikkis neighbour and friend. Independent
1.5
Gooey and half baked, with plot contrivances butting up against genteel design porn. The Wrap
3.1
Its the wonderful performances by Bening and Harris that make this flawed, somewhat maudlin film worth seeing. New York Post
1.5
What could have made this clanking contraption of a film work would have been charismatically involving performances from its more than able leads. Bu .. Film Journal International ..
2.5
Its a maudlin, superficial exercise in obsession masquerading as a heartfelt romance and study of grief, and character development is sorely lacking. Az Central
1.5
Its a strange role for Williams, who looks as if hes having great difficulty stopping himself from launching into a hyperactive comedy routine. Smh
3.8
I dont like to look back, declares Nikki, though its clear shes never really gotten over the death of her husband. Toronto Star
4.5
Although blessed with a lovely speaking voice, Bening doesnt have to say much in The Face of Love. Reel Talk Reviews
4.0
Bening is terrific as Nikki, whos in control enough to know what shes doing and why, but still unable to stop herself; the intensity of her obsession .. Flim List
4.5
Love may be lovelier the second time around but has never been as complicated when the past and present are juxtaposed at impossible angles. Top fligh ..
3.8
It sounds turgid, but its a fine example of how two great actors can lift questionable material beyond its limitations. The premise is unlikely, but e .. Observer
1.5
Unfortunately, there isnt a hint of the actresses spontaneity or authenticity here. The Film Stage
3.1
The result, in theaters starting today and available on demand, isnt a great movie, but it is an excellent guilty pleasure. Boston Globe
2.5
...the film ultimately leaves you with an exasperated feeling of watching two Olympic swimmers splash around in the kiddie pool. Blogs Indie Wire
3.2
Old age, romance, grief, delusion and desperation all intersect in The Face of Love, a far fetched tale that nevertheless manages to be affecting. Detroit News
1.5
Which is not to say Harris doesnt have to utter a howler or two of his own. Herald Sun
2.0
Both leads take on the task of the dysfunctional couple admirably, but their efforts crash against a stubbornly creaky script. Hey U Guys
3.5
The Face of Love is a serious look at grief and finding romance after losing the person most important to you. Oregon Live
2.0
As entertaining as it is to watch actors as capable as this share scenes, theyre let down by a lack of depth in the material. Flicks
3.1
Like so much about this film, the finale hints at Hitchcock but settles for soap opera. Stl Today
3.0
The real takeaway here is how good Bening and Harris are, especially at an age when Hollywood starts putting actors out to pasture with supporting rol .. Stl Today
2.0
Most effective is the way Posin captures Nikkis fragmented perspective with awkward pauses and incomplete sentences. Contact Music
4.0
And then theres the strange spectacle of Robin Williams restraining himself in a small sit commy role as a mildly annoying next door neighbor. Ar Kansas Online
2.5
Garrett drowns, as it happens, but Ed Harris isnt going anywhere. The Dissolve
2.0
Instead, Posin maps everything out with clunky plot devices, groaning symbolism and dreary dialogue. Scots Man
2.0
The Face of Love is light on impact ... and could have been so much more than it wound up being. Under The Radar Mag
2.5
The effect is a work thats far less dramatic than it ought to be which is far more troubling than a fetishistic devotion to style. Movie Mezzanine
3.0
It says something for the excellent work of Bening, Harris and Weixler that this basically absurd melodrama succeeds as well as it does. The Australian
3.0
A prosaic romantic drama by Arie Posin that lifts from Vertigo yet misses everything that made Hitchcocks masterpiece so intriguing. Honey Cutts Hollywood
4.5
... breathtakingly simple but yet so powerful in conveying grief and what its like for the person left behind. Battle Royale With Cheese
2.5
For all the hard fought realism, brilliant performances, and the feelings stirred up by the themes of mortality and late life romance, there is the in .. Metro Times
1.5
... the material repeatedly shies away from the eeriness and unease the intriguing premise deserves this could have been melodrama of a higher order. Cinema Scope
2.5
The drama comes in Benings subtle shifts from joy to embarrassment to fear. Its the face of love lost, and its the one thing you can believe. O Canada
3.1
Does The Face of Love belong to Annette Bening If youre speaking of an ideal, the answer is debatable; if youre speaking of the new movie with that na .. Commercial Appeal (Memphis ..
4.5
Bening and Harris pour so much genuine emotion into their roles in this Vertigo like romantic melodrama that they just about carry the films fanciful .. Movie Talk
3.0
Director Arie Posin doesnt make it work, but he comes close, mostly thanks to his leads, both great actors.
2.0
Harris does sublime work here, portraying a man who wants to believe hes special to somebody new. Tucson Weekly
4.5
This thoughtful, if slightly melodramatic, film is a throwback to the four hankie pictures of the 1940s... Easy Reader News
3.0
Its an uncomfortable love story, a tense one, because we know that it cant end well. North Shore News (Vancouve ..
1.3
If your way of dealing with grief is basically to decide that anything you do is fine as long it gets you back on your feet, you are essentially a soc .. National Post
2.5
After five years, Nikki isnt a wreck, but Bening deftly shows us how she still carries that absence around with her every day. ( Madison Movie



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