12/17
Almut: What’s the rush?
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An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcee find their lives changed forever when a chance encounter brings them together, in a deeply moving, decade-long romance. When Florence Pugh was unable to attend the film’s premiere due to other filming commitments, Andrew Garfield brought a life-size cutout of her to fill in for her absence. During the living room scene With the Candles and the Fire, Almut closes Tobias’s notebook, but in the next scene it is open.
Referenced in Cinefiliando-Peliculeando: El tiempo que tenemos (We Live in Time) (2024)
Tobias: Because I’m worried that there’s a very distinct and real possibility that I’m about to fall in love with you. Is It a Sin Written by Al Hazan Starring Allie Hazan. Tobias (Andrew Garfield) is hit by a car driven by Almut (Florence Pugh).
The two leads make an engaging couple
She stays in the hospital until he wakes up, and because – despite having a broken arm and being in a neck brace – he’s already been discharged (there are no beds available – political commentary there!), she takes him out to dinner. He’s recently divorced, she’s just gotten out of a lesbian relationship. Despite this unpromising start, the attraction is mutual and the couple begins a years-long relationship.
Pugh, especially, is easy to get along with as the brash Almut
Garfield plays the nice guy Tobias, a little too nerdy to be entirely believable, but he manages to stay just the right side of annoying (and if the shapely bare buttocks in the bathroom scene belong to him and not a body double, he does have a very nice butt – just saying…) No other actor gets enough screen time to make an impact, though I was impressed to see Douglas Hodge playing Tobias the father – twenty or thirty years ago, he would probably have been playing the male lead. This is a good example of a chick flick: romantic, cheesy, and doesn’t leave a single dry eye in the house. I’m not sure I’d watch it again, but I’m glad I saw it at least once.