Labor Day (2014)

[baumer]

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[TheMovieman]

Slow, plodding rom-drama with an inane storyline (fall in love and willing to go on the run all within 5 days!). Despite the best intentions from Reitman and cast members Brolin and Winslet (both of whom share some good chemistry) Labor Day just doesn't work on any level.

 

**½/*****, (C, 5.2/10, 2/4)

Edited April 24, 2014 by The Movieman

[baumer]

I just couldn't buy the story line.  An escaped convict comes to your house, you fall in love with him in 2 days and are willing to go to PEI (that's Prince Edward Island) adn start a new life together.  I did enjoy parts of it and there is some humour and it was fun seeing Agent Coulson in a non Avengers role.  And of course Maika Monroe is just awesome to look at.

 

6/10

[Jake Gittes]

The storyline could work if this were a big stylized melodrama, but Reitman's style has always been too low-key and detached for that. He was wrong for this from day one. 

[Kosko]

Wow, a beautiful love story. A new favorite. Life is difficult and then...there's love. Actors, cinematography, pace, music, story line, scenes, setting, dialogue: all just perfect.