This film proves again that Penelope Cruz can act, Ben Kingsley is one of the best actors of our time, and men, regardless of their age, never stop lusting after young women. Kingsley plays an aging lecturer and literature critic who falls for a student, played by Cruz. To his surprise, his affections are returned and he finds the love that has avoided him his entire life. It’s his own insecurities that then create problems with this relationship, not helped by the advice from his peers and a son who has never forgiven Kingsley for abandoning him. This film perhaps should’ve been shorter, but three-dimensional supporting characters with their own problems, philosophies and histories add real depth and thoughtfulness to this compelling meditation on love and relationships.

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