Two Lovers

It is sad to see Joaquin Phoenix’s weird behaviors these days because he is truly a very talented actor of his generation. Two Lovers once again proves his acting ability. The film, on its own, is not a bad movie. It just doesn’t offer anything new. The story is one of those relationships we have seen again and again in movies: a lonely man caught between two fundamentally different women. One is loving, caring but may be considered boring by some men. The other is exciting, beautiful but volatile who is having an affair with a married man and is also an ex-drug addict possibly off the wagon. It is quite obvious who is the right woman for Phoenix’s character – Leonard, but of course, to make it into an almost two-hour movie, we need to see Leonard make all kinds of wrong choices. Phoenix has such a heart-breaking vulnerability that it is unbearably sad and moving at times to see his love crushed again and again. It will be a sad day for the movie industry if this movie turns out to be Phoenix’s swan song. We already lost one talented Phoenix at a young tender age. We cannot afford to lose another one.