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Saw the movie (FINALLY!) today and I must say that it’s a very interesting view of relationships between people. I couldn’t guess what the ending would be like or how the story progressed, so it’s not a typical drama. It’s rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexuality, and smoking.

This time I’m not going to write down the synopsis myself, but if you want to read it, click here.

Would I recommend the movie? Definitely, but not to younger kids (I personally think it should be rated PG-15), since the theme is pretty serious. It involves finding yourself and finding out what you want. It involves finding out whether you’ll be happy when you get what you think you want. It involves commitment versus lust/instant attraction. It makes you think about happiness and relationships in general, what kind of person you’d choose to be your lifetime partner, what kind of relationship you’d like to have with that person, etc.

For that and great acting by all the main characters (Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, and Rebecca Hall), I’ll give this movie a 7.5 stars out of 10. I think the best acting comes from Penelope Cruz, though. She’s really convinced me that she’s such an unstable, tempestuous, erratic person.

Here’s the trailer:

End note: I must say that after watching the movie, I feel glad that I was (have been) so sure about my relationship with my hubby despite our long-distance relationship and that I’m happy with him. Otherwise life would have been so different for me.