Watching TRULY MADLY DEEPLY is something of a refreshing experience after sitting through the umpteenth supernatural thriller about vengeful spirits. This film offers different kinds of ghost altogether, where the afterlife is depicted as a kind of extremely dull limbo where the spirits of the dead can't fully interact with life as they knew it.
Of course, it's not really about ghosts at all, more of a meditation on grief and the ways in which people can overcome the death of a loved one. It's well made with a literate script and, if it's occasionally cheesy in its traditional romantic sub-plot, the calibre of the acting more than makes up for it.
You'll either love or hate Juliet Stevenson's performance, I think. She's pretty believable for the majority of the running time, but occasionally her acting goes so over the top that I found it embarrassing; thankfully, this doesn't happen too often. Inevitably, Alan Rickman gives the best performance in the movie, truly nuanced and engaging.
Watch out for that classic duet, a real highlight of the movie.
Of course, it's not really about ghosts at all, more of a meditation on grief and the ways in which people can overcome the death of a loved one. It's well made with a literate script and, if it's occasionally cheesy in its traditional romantic sub-plot, the calibre of the acting more than makes up for it.
You'll either love or hate Juliet Stevenson's performance, I think. She's pretty believable for the majority of the running time, but occasionally her acting goes so over the top that I found it embarrassing; thankfully, this doesn't happen too often. Inevitably, Alan Rickman gives the best performance in the movie, truly nuanced and engaging.
Watch out for that classic duet, a real highlight of the movie.