This is definitely NOT a feel-good love story. The very brief moments of happiness, either with her husband or her lover, are few and far between. The woman spends most of her time completely miserable. All three characters, particularly the men, are poorly developed. We don't really get to know any of them. In fact, there seems to be little motivation for the affair. And I must say the nudity is gratuitous, seemingly there just to prove a point. I would have been uncomfortable with that much frontal nudity and sex, even with the most beautiful of actors, and believe me, they are not. Yes, old people do fall in love and do have sex. What's sad to me is that we are still not seeing a real love story, or even a tragic love triangle. The film's reason for existence seems to be just an opportunity to exploit the idea of old person sex.
Review of Cloud 9
