I don't know what I can add to the commentary that hasn't already been discussed a thousand times. The fact that this movie only has a rating of 7.7 at the time of this review, is unfortunately telling as to how many people had/have an issue with a non-heterosexual love story.
The movie itself is beautiful. It is aesthetically stunning, with the Southern Alberta mountains being a joy to behold. The soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla is rustic, heartfelt, and perfectly captures the strange and particular loneliness these characters feel.
And then, of course, there is the love story. I wish we lived in a world where this story could remain purely ficticious, and didn't have a single tie to reality. Sadly this is not the case, and there have been countless Ennis & Jacks out there who never got to lead fulfilling lives because of the bigoted shackles society cast upon them.
And that is to say nothing of the heartbreak felt by the wives of these men, who also suffered unspeakable loneliness, trapped in relationships out of expectation, never understanding why they were not loved in the same way they loved their spouse.
This movie presents to us not just a beautiful love story, but a time capsule; a glimpse into a very real past that many of us have lived, in one way or another. At the end of the day, we're all human. And it is so unbelievably tragic, that some people never got the chance to feel that way.
The movie itself is beautiful. It is aesthetically stunning, with the Southern Alberta mountains being a joy to behold. The soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla is rustic, heartfelt, and perfectly captures the strange and particular loneliness these characters feel.
And then, of course, there is the love story. I wish we lived in a world where this story could remain purely ficticious, and didn't have a single tie to reality. Sadly this is not the case, and there have been countless Ennis & Jacks out there who never got to lead fulfilling lives because of the bigoted shackles society cast upon them.
And that is to say nothing of the heartbreak felt by the wives of these men, who also suffered unspeakable loneliness, trapped in relationships out of expectation, never understanding why they were not loved in the same way they loved their spouse.
This movie presents to us not just a beautiful love story, but a time capsule; a glimpse into a very real past that many of us have lived, in one way or another. At the end of the day, we're all human. And it is so unbelievably tragic, that some people never got the chance to feel that way.