'Love Is Strange' actors John Lithgow and Alfred Molina overcome a contrived plot
In 'Love Is Strange,' Lithgow and Molina have a marvelous, easygoing chemistry.
'Love Is Strange' stars Alfred Molina.
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John Lithgow and Alfred Molina have a marvelous, easygoing聽chemistry in Ira Sachs鈥檚 鈥淟ove聽Is聽Strange,鈥� playing a long-term gay聽couple who get married only to find themselves suddenly living apart聽when George (Molina), a music teacher at a New York parochial school,聽is聽fired聽from his job. Encamped in separate households until they can cobble聽together the resources for a new apartment, the two men intermittently聽reunite while trying to cope with their disruptive new living arrangements.聽
The living-apart scenario聽is聽contrived 鈥� there was no way for these men to聽share a space somewhere? 鈥� but the two actors are so good that it doesn鈥檛聽much matter. Grade:聽B+ (Rated R for language.)