Lovesong

A film about self-discovery, it is a far less straightforward lesbian romance than Todd Haynes’ brilliant and heartbreaking melodrama Carol. Internalizing through a sparse narrative, Lovesong is a rare film of mature, emotional complexity anchored by two remarkable and beautiful performances.

2894d ago

[An] exquisite, beautifully shot meditation on love clouded by fear and doubt.

2894d ago

A film about self-discovery, it is a far less straightforward lesbian romance than Todd Haynes’ brilliant and heartbreaking melodrama Carol. Internalizing through a sparse narrative, Lovesong is a rare film of mature, emotional complexity anchored by two remarkable and beautiful performances.

2894d ago

Sundance alum So Yong Kim returns to Park City with a quiet, evocative look at the intimacies and intricacies of female friendship.

2894d ago

Sundance alum So Yong Kim returns to Park City with a quiet, evocative look at the intimacies and intricacies of female friendship.

2894d ago

Sundance alum So Yong Kim returns to Park City with a quiet, evocative look at the intimacies and intricacies of female friendship.

2894d ago

Riley Keough and Jena Malone star as former college friends — and perhaps more — in So Yong Kim's Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry.

2894d ago

This almost-romance positions two young female friends as helpless in the face of random circumstances and sexual conformity.

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Riley Keough and Jena Malone play longtime friends drawn together by an ambiguous but persistent desire in So Yong Kim's graceful fourth feature.

2894d ago

Riley Keough and Jena Malone play longtime friends drawn together by an ambiguous but persistent desire in So Yong Kim's graceful fourth feature.

2894d ago

Riley Keough and Jena Malone star as former college friends — and perhaps more — in So Yong Kim's Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry.

2894d ago

Riley Keough and Jena Malone play longtime friends drawn together by an ambiguous but persistent desire in So Yong Kim's graceful fourth feature.

2894d ago

This almost-romance positions two young female friends as helpless in the face of random circumstances and sexual conformity.

2894d ago

This almost-romance positions two young female friends as helpless in the face of random circumstances and sexual conformity.

2894d ago

Riley Keough and Jena Malone star as former college friends — and perhaps more — in So Yong Kim's Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry.

2894d ago

Whether you find “Lovesong” refreshingly coy and teasing or frustratingly disingenuous and safe in its depiction of two longtime girlfriends whose attraction tiptoes beyond the platonic will likely be in the eye of the beholder.

2894d ago

So Yong Kim’s Lovesong manages a convincing articulation of a complex friendship between two women.

2894d ago

So Yong Kim’s Lovesong manages a convincing articulation of a complex friendship between two women.

2894d ago

So Yong Kim’s Lovesong manages a convincing articulation of a complex friendship between two women.

2894d ago

Whether you find “Lovesong” refreshingly coy and teasing or frustratingly disingenuous and safe in its depiction of two longtime girlfriends whose attraction tiptoes beyond the platonic will likely be in the eye of the beholder.

2894d ago

Whether you find “Lovesong” refreshingly coy and teasing or frustratingly disingenuous and safe in its depiction of two longtime girlfriends whose attraction tiptoes beyond the platonic will likely be in the eye of the beholder.

2894d ago

Even with two strong stars, Lovesong is nearly as generic as its title.

2894d ago

Even with two strong stars, Lovesong is nearly as generic as its title.

2894d ago

Even with two strong stars, Lovesong is nearly as generic as its title.

2894d ago

As feelings remain unexpressed or avoided, Lovesong grows more vaporous, even as the frame becomes increasingly cluttered with minor characters, their appearance necessitated by the bustle of the upcoming nuptials.

2894d ago

As feelings remain unexpressed or avoided, Lovesong grows more vaporous, even as the frame becomes increasingly cluttered with minor characters, their appearance necessitated by the bustle of the upcoming nuptials.

2894d ago

As feelings remain unexpressed or avoided, Lovesong grows more vaporous, even as the frame becomes increasingly cluttered with minor characters, their appearance necessitated by the bustle of the upcoming nuptials.

2894d ago

Jena Malone and Riley Keough are stellar at lending emotional truth to So Yong Kim’s romance but the inadequate script ultimately fails them.

2894d ago

Jena Malone and Riley Keough are stellar at lending emotional truth to So Yong Kim’s romance but the inadequate script ultimately fails them.

2894d ago

Jena Malone and Riley Keough are stellar at lending emotional truth to So Yong Kim’s romance but the inadequate script ultimately fails them.

2894d ago