Fresh
Take This Waltz is a Remarkable, Offbeat Love Story
Chase Whale, Film.com
Take This Waltz
A funny, bittersweet tale of love…
2011 · 1h 56m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Sarah Polley
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Take This Waltz
Overview
Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.
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Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A hard-headed, generous film about love.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
Fresh
Polley (who's been an actress herself) never judges these people she's created. Instead, she depicts the giddy, fleeting and illusory nature of new love, and lets us get caught up in it, too.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Fresh
No one's a cliche; no one speaks dialogue the viewer could have muttered a beat or two ahead of the movie; no one hews to a mode of behavior fabricated to explain away his or her irrational behavior.
John Anderson, Newsday
Rotten
[It] often feels thin and self-conscious.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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