Death In Love Movie Review
Apparently so personal that it feels as though it were hatched in a hermetically sealed capsule, Boaz Yakin’s “Death in Love” is as ambitious as it is stultifying and deadly to watch. So distant from Yakin’s fine breakthrough, “Fresh,” that it seems to be from a different solar system, family drama involving the psychological legacy of the Holocaust is stymied by arch, stagy dialogue, bizarre characterizations and ultra-chilly filmmaking. Beyond harshly received Sundance preem, prospects are flatline all the way.
A young Jewish woman in a concentration camp (Emma Bell) falls in love with a Nazi doctor (Carrington Vilmont), whose extreme surgeries on Jewish victims are viewed in sudden, shocking inserts. Interlaced with this sketched-in relationship is pic’s central drama in the 1990s involving a dislikable, temper-prone mother — the young woman now verging on older age (Jacqueline Bisset) — and her emotionally stunted sons (Josh Lucas and Lukas Haas). While Lucas’ guy hops from bed to bed (and frequently masturbates in between) and has erotic torture sessions with boss/semi-g.f. (Vanessa Kai), Haas’ younger brother is isolated and introverted. Good thesps look and sound awkward throughout.
Plot Summary: “Death in Love” follows a pair of story lines that revolve around two brothers (Lucas and Haas). While Haas’ character must deal with his mother (Bisset), his brother is lost in life until he is befriended by a scam artist (Brody).
Starring : Emma Bell, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Brassard, Adam Brody more…
Director : Boaz Yakin
Language : English
Genre : Drama
Banner : DI Love
Release Date : Jul 1 2009
Death In Love Movie Info
Country : USA
Distributor : Screen Media Films
Movie color: Color
