I experienced a unique and piercingly beautiful film yesterday! Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, this film follows the playful and passionate relationship between Turner (played by Jamie Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (played by Annette Bening).
I loved the way this film skillfully intertwined their budding romance in the late 1970s, with Ms. Grahame’s death in 1981.
What starts out as a vibrant and totally unexpected love affair between a legendary femme fatale and an unknown fellow actor in Liverpool England, quickly deepens into a passionate and caring relationship. Thus her decision to spend her last days on earth with him and his great family.
This 2017 film so skillfully and seamlessly takes the viewer from their early days of lustful romance, to Turner’s present uncertainty about how to handle Gloria’s obviously serious illness. Seeing her again brings back so many exciting memories for Turner as he watches her slowly fade away.
The skill of director Paul McGuigan in taking us back and forth in these characters’ lives, explains everything about their love for each other, so much so that Miss Grahame pushes Turner away when she realizes she is very ill. She hopes to spare him some degree of pain, but pain cannot be avoided in death, not when love is involved.
Adventures of the NEW Old Farts 
Sounds like one I’d definitely enjoy!
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Hope you get to see it sometime Diane! 🙂
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Just saw this, coincidentally! I also like the way the director had the story go from present to past, many times just by a character leaving a room and entering another. Love Annette Benning and am frustrated she’s never won an Oscar.
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YES! I agree on all all points!
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Sounds like I would wind up crying on this one. Annette Bening, just love her!
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Yes Haralee! She gives a tremendous performance in this!
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Thanks for reminding me of this film!! I’d read the reviews and wanted to see it, but it went off my radar… I forgot… xoxox, Brenda
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Brenda: It’s really quite different and beautiful in spite of the very sad theme. So well done!
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I am putting this on my must-watch list!
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I am also putting this on my list, and making sure I have enough tissues. I’m a big movie crier.
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Sounds like my kind of movie. I’ll have to put it on my must-see list.
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