If you think this movie is supposed to be a romance, you'll miss the point -- this may be billed as romance, but really it's deeper than than, it's about what happens with the fire of love, which is what Eros (Greek)/Cupid(roman) is actually about as a foundational god of the cosmos. That's the thread we see throughout the movie with Mary Louise Parker deftly at the center of it, yet all the characters are dealing with love, and loss and fires burning within them, lots of hurt/griefs in relationships that all build to a climax at yet another family dinner.
It's a great cast which handle the tensions, humor, anger, pain. Lashing out. Caring and tending to one another well. There's a power of love that unifies, and gets people together in unexpected ways, while seeming to break apart. I think that must be what drew so many great actors to this piece, it's not just another romance, it's nitty gritty love when it hurts and is hard.
It's a great cast which handle the tensions, humor, anger, pain. Lashing out. Caring and tending to one another well. There's a power of love that unifies, and gets people together in unexpected ways, while seeming to break apart. I think that must be what drew so many great actors to this piece, it's not just another romance, it's nitty gritty love when it hurts and is hard.