pc95 Review of Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply (1990)

Bereavement/Moving On Tale Slowly Gets there

[6/10 · 14 March 2010]

An early 90's movie I'd just seen for the first time, Truly - Madly - Deeply is an interesting spin on ghost story and bereavement. At it's core it's about moving on, and it does a fairly good job establishing character motivations and emotions. Particularly the lead, Juliet Stevenson gives a good emotional performance needed to authenticate the themes of the movie. But the movie has a moping aimless feel at times punctuated (spoiler) by the ghosts themselves in the movie. The audience can figure out why they're there, but it sort of makes you wonder, is that all? Truly, Madly, Deeply runs a slow storyline that might try your patience. It's low-key but does a good job imparting the lead character's struggle with soft romantic dialog and humor. Not bad.