The Lovers

Debra Winger and playwright Tracy Letts are a cheating husband and wife who might just stay together in Azazel Jacobs' uncomfortable relationship comedy.

2830d ago

Like two of last year’s best films, “20th Century Women” and “Maggie’s Plan,” “The Lovers” feels lived-in with well-drawn characters who exist both before the movie starts and after the credits roll.

2830d ago

Debra Winger and playwright Tracy Letts are a cheating husband and wife who might just stay together in Azazel Jacobs' uncomfortable relationship comedy.

2830d ago

Like two of last year’s best films, “20th Century Women” and “Maggie’s Plan,” “The Lovers” feels lived-in with well-drawn characters who exist both before the movie starts and after the credits roll.

2830d ago

Like two of last year’s best films, “20th Century Women” and “Maggie’s Plan,” “The Lovers” feels lived-in with well-drawn characters who exist both before the movie starts and after the credits roll.

2830d ago

Story of a married couple who start cheating on their lovers – with each other – is a gift to its two lead actors.

2830d ago

The first thing that really hits you about “The Lovers” is not its muted color palette, ever-evocative of a smog-suffused Southern California dusk, but its musical score.

2830d ago

The first thing that really hits you about “The Lovers” is not its muted color palette, ever-evocative of a smog-suffused Southern California dusk, but its musical score.

2830d ago

The first thing that really hits you about “The Lovers” is not its muted color palette, ever-evocative of a smog-suffused Southern California dusk, but its musical score.

2830d ago

Story of a married couple who start cheating on their lovers – with each other – is a gift to its two lead actors.

2830d ago

The first thing that really hits you about “The Lovers” is not its muted color palette, ever-evocative of a smog-suffused Southern California dusk, but its musical score.

2830d ago

Story of a married couple who start cheating on their lovers – with each other – is a gift to its two lead actors.

2830d ago

Story of a married couple who start cheating on their lovers – with each other – is a gift to its two lead actors.

2830d ago

Tribeca: In Azazel Jacobs’ expertly crafted sex farce, a husband and wife sneak behind their respective lovers’ backs after they re-fall for each other.

2830d ago

Tribeca: In Azazel Jacobs’ expertly crafted sex farce, a husband and wife sneak behind their respective lovers’ backs after they re-fall for each other.

2830d ago

Tribeca: In Azazel Jacobs’ expertly crafted sex farce, a husband and wife sneak behind their respective lovers’ backs after they re-fall for each other.

2830d ago

Tribeca: In Azazel Jacobs’ expertly crafted sex farce, a husband and wife sneak behind their respective lovers’ backs after they re-fall for each other.

2830d ago

Jacobs lets casually observed details and offhand humor advance the story. There are no grand pronouncements in The Lovers, which smartly communicates its ideas about relationships during its long stretches of silence.

2830d ago

The Oscar-nominated actor stars with Tracy Letts in a well-observed film about a cheating couple who fall in love with each other again after years of marriage.

2830d ago

The Oscar-nominated actor stars with Tracy Letts in a well-observed film about a cheating couple who fall in love with each other again after years of marriage.

2830d ago

For the dead-end couple of The Lovers, even breaking up is a compromise.

2830d ago

A wry, openhearted, vaguely outré romantic comedy, albeit a bittersweet one.

2830d ago

In Azazel Jacobs' dead-zone marital comedy, Debra Winger and Tracy Letts are striking as a couple who make up to break up.

2830d ago

In Azazel Jacobs' dead-zone marital comedy, Debra Winger and Tracy Letts are striking as a couple who make up to break up.

2830d ago

Jacobs lets casually observed details and offhand humor advance the story. There are no grand pronouncements in The Lovers, which smartly communicates its ideas about relationships during its long stretches of silence.

2830d ago

For the dead-end couple of The Lovers, even breaking up is a compromise.

2830d ago

A wry, openhearted, vaguely outré romantic comedy, albeit a bittersweet one.

2830d ago

Jacobs lets casually observed details and offhand humor advance the story. There are no grand pronouncements in The Lovers, which smartly communicates its ideas about relationships during its long stretches of silence.

2830d ago

A wry, openhearted, vaguely outré romantic comedy, albeit a bittersweet one.

2830d ago

The Oscar-nominated actor stars with Tracy Letts in a well-observed film about a cheating couple who fall in love with each other again after years of marriage.

2830d ago

In Azazel Jacobs' dead-zone marital comedy, Debra Winger and Tracy Letts are striking as a couple who make up to break up.

2830d ago

A wry, openhearted, vaguely outré romantic comedy, albeit a bittersweet one.

2830d ago

The Oscar-nominated actor stars with Tracy Letts in a well-observed film about a cheating couple who fall in love with each other again after years of marriage.

2830d ago

For the dead-end couple of The Lovers, even breaking up is a compromise.

2830d ago

In Azazel Jacobs' dead-zone marital comedy, Debra Winger and Tracy Letts are striking as a couple who make up to break up.

2830d ago

For the dead-end couple of The Lovers, even breaking up is a compromise.

2830d ago

Jacobs lets casually observed details and offhand humor advance the story. There are no grand pronouncements in The Lovers, which smartly communicates its ideas about relationships during its long stretches of silence.

2830d ago

Flustered, flirty and filled to the brim with compassion, The Lovers is charming, even when it’s proving how hollow charm can be.

2830d ago

Flustered, flirty and filled to the brim with compassion, The Lovers is charming, even when it’s proving how hollow charm can be.

2830d ago

It’s all a delightful mess, executed with a deft touch by Jacobs.

2830d ago

Flustered, flirty and filled to the brim with compassion, The Lovers is charming, even when it’s proving how hollow charm can be.

2830d ago

Flustered, flirty and filled to the brim with compassion, The Lovers is charming, even when it’s proving how hollow charm can be.

2830d ago

It’s all a delightful mess, executed with a deft touch by Jacobs.

2830d ago

It’s all a delightful mess, executed with a deft touch by Jacobs.

2830d ago

It’s all a delightful mess, executed with a deft touch by Jacobs.

2830d ago

Winger is as good here as she’s ever been, and Letts, an actor whose face you know but whose name you can never quite remember, is terrific, communicating his lust for Lucy with dry aplomb.

2830d ago

Winger is as good here as she’s ever been, and Letts, an actor whose face you know but whose name you can never quite remember, is terrific, communicating his lust for Lucy with dry aplomb.

2830d ago

Winger is as good here as she’s ever been, and Letts, an actor whose face you know but whose name you can never quite remember, is terrific, communicating his lust for Lucy with dry aplomb.

2830d ago

Counterbalancing Jacobs’ accentuated approach, both Letts and Winger are in top form. The former, with his vanity-free, frame-filling presence, is a pleasure to watch as he navigates the tricky, uncomfortable waters of satisfying both his demanding mistress and renewed marital bond.

2830d ago

Counterbalancing Jacobs’ accentuated approach, both Letts and Winger are in top form. The former, with his vanity-free, frame-filling presence, is a pleasure to watch as he navigates the tricky, uncomfortable waters of satisfying both his demanding mistress and renewed marital bond.

2830d ago

Winger is as good here as she’s ever been, and Letts, an actor whose face you know but whose name you can never quite remember, is terrific, communicating his lust for Lucy with dry aplomb.

2830d ago

Counterbalancing Jacobs’ accentuated approach, both Letts and Winger are in top form. The former, with his vanity-free, frame-filling presence, is a pleasure to watch as he navigates the tricky, uncomfortable waters of satisfying both his demanding mistress and renewed marital bond.

2830d ago

Counterbalancing Jacobs’ accentuated approach, both Letts and Winger are in top form. The former, with his vanity-free, frame-filling presence, is a pleasure to watch as he navigates the tricky, uncomfortable waters of satisfying both his demanding mistress and renewed marital bond.

2830d ago

The Lovers takes some shrewd steps to update the comedy of remarriage for the age of the smartphone.

2830d ago

The Lovers takes some shrewd steps to update the comedy of remarriage for the age of the smartphone.

2830d ago

The Lovers is not about them as individual performers; it's about these actors working in tandem with each other, the script, the director and the other actors. The film works as a whole, not a sum of its parts.

2830d ago

The Lovers takes some shrewd steps to update the comedy of remarriage for the age of the smartphone.

2830d ago

The Lovers is not about them as individual performers; it's about these actors working in tandem with each other, the script, the director and the other actors. The film works as a whole, not a sum of its parts.

2830d ago

The Lovers is not about them as individual performers; it's about these actors working in tandem with each other, the script, the director and the other actors. The film works as a whole, not a sum of its parts.

2830d ago

The Lovers takes some shrewd steps to update the comedy of remarriage for the age of the smartphone.

2830d ago

The Lovers is not about them as individual performers; it's about these actors working in tandem with each other, the script, the director and the other actors. The film works as a whole, not a sum of its parts.

2830d ago

Falling with a thud between two stools, it has neither the zip nor the zaniness of farce nor the airy vivacity of the best romantic comedies.

2830d ago

Falling with a thud between two stools, it has neither the zip nor the zaniness of farce nor the airy vivacity of the best romantic comedies.

2830d ago

Falling with a thud between two stools, it has neither the zip nor the zaniness of farce nor the airy vivacity of the best romantic comedies.

2830d ago

Falling with a thud between two stools, it has neither the zip nor the zaniness of farce nor the airy vivacity of the best romantic comedies.

2830d ago