strongest: minorities
weakest: humor
Of the four couples whose inner life is exposed, trust is only found in the non-caucasian one.
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Vince Colosimo
Directed by Ray Lawrence
Written by Andrew Bovell
strongest: script + personages + minorities
weakest: humor
The more you learn about the situation, the more complex it gets, the more distant and evasive truth becomes.
Cast: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, Massoumeh Lahidji
strongest: gender
weakest: humor
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Edith Scob, Roman Kolinka, Sarah Le Picard
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve
Cinematographer: Denis Lenoir
Editor: Marion Monnier
strongest: minorities
weakest: direction + structure
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Susan McMartin
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Britt Robertson, Natascha McElhone
strongest: direction + music
weakest: structure
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Taylor Sheridan
Actors: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro
strongest: script + music
weakest: structure + humor
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance (written for the screen by), M.L. Stedman (novel)
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz
On mothers’ interchangeability, see also Frozen River (Courtney Hunt, 2008)
strongest: minorities
weakest: script
Director: Katie Holmes
Writers: Josh Boone (screenplay), Jill Killington
Stars: Eve Lindley, Richard Kind, Mark Consuelos
strongest: direction
weakest: message
Director: Sophia Takal
Writer: Lawrence Michael Levine
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, Lawrence Michael Levine
strongest message and dialogues
weakest humor
Director: James Schamus
Writers: Philip Roth (based on the novel by), James Schamus (written for the screen by)
Actors: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts
Director: Richard Laxton
Writers: Sarah Waters (novel), Paula Milne (screenplay)
Actors: Jenna Augen, Neal Barry, Claudie Blakley