Saturday, February 16, 2008

#29 - Far From Heaven

Directed by Todd Haynes
2002 Romantic Drama
Rated PG-13

****

Great performances, cinematography, and a quirky score highlight Todd Haynes (I'm Not There) ode to the melodramas of the 1950s. Julianne Moore stars as a seemingly perfect southern housewife whose world is shattered when she discovers her husbands homosexuality. Faces some problems when it tries to deal with that issue as well as a racism plot line featuring Dennis Haysbert, but this is overall a beautiful film that brings back memories of the great studio films of half a century ago.

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