{"id":9610,"date":"2013-08-20T15:25:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T13:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=9610"},"modified":"2014-03-02T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T09:16:14","slug":"adore-starring-naomi-watts-robin-wright-xavier-samuel-sexy-twisted-and-a-bit-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/adore-starring-naomi-watts-robin-wright-xavier-samuel-sexy-twisted-and-a-bit-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Adore starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright & Xavier Samuel: Sexy, Twisted and A Bit Weird"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adore 2013 drama starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright and Xavier Samuel. Image via filmeserialee.blogspot.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lil (Naomi Watts) and Roz (Robin Wright) have been best friends and neighbors since they were kids. They are always there for each other, including the death of Lil\u2019s husband. Roz is still married to universtiy lecturer Harold (Ben Mendelsohn), and both women have good-looking boys in their 20s- who are also best friends.<\/p>\n

Roz\u2019 seemingly happy marriage gets a bit disrupted when her husband gets a better job in Sydney, and naturally wants both his director son Tom (James Frecheville) and his wife with him. But Roz doesn\u2019t want to leave her gorgeous beach house, her best friend or her gallery.\u00a0 However she asks for some time to adjust to the idea and make the arrangements.<\/p>\n

She never gets to make any arrangements, and she also gives in to temptation by sleeping with Ian (Xavier Samuel), Lil\u2019s son, who is smitten with her.\u00a0 When Ben sees this, he makes a pass on Lil, and when Lil rejects him, he tells her what he saw.<\/p>\n

Lil can\u2019t seem to digest this, but she doesn\u2019t confront Roz. Instead, she gives in to Ben\u2019s attempts. She and Roz later decide that this should be a one-time mistake, and they should stop, but neither women can.<\/p>\n

Because they\u2019re all happy despite the weirdness of the situation, they all decide to go along with it. And they are happy for a while, until Ben gets involved with a play in Sydney and meets somebody else.<\/p>\n

From then on, all their relationships resemble a bomb, with the timer running…<\/p>\n

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Analyzing Adore \u00a0(with some spoilers)<\/b><\/p>\n

Adore is, by subject matter, a strange movie. What makes it strange to me, is not that two women fall for younger men or two young men fall for older women. And if you forget for a second that these women are best friends who have known the sons since they were babies, it seems only logical that there would be sexual attraction. Xavier Samuel is stunning, and James Frecheville is also quite good-looking, especially in the scenes where he is vulnerable. As for the women, we are talking about two of Hollywood\u2019s most beauiful actresses here. So no, I have nothing against age differences in couples.<\/p>\n

What I find appalling is the idea that the women would go for each other\u2019s sons. It\u2019s one thing to meet and fall for a stranger who is older\/younger than you. It\u2019s another to sleep with the adult version of the baby whose diaper you probably helped changed at some point.<\/p>\n

And even if you can gets past that, there is the fact that Roz is married to a really decent guy. Sure he does get occasionally feel left out, but given how close the women are, it is only natural. As far as he know, he doesn\u2019t lie or cheat or misbehave. He wants to be close to his family. So it is all very unfair to him.<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s say we want to give into temptation and hey, it is Ian who makes her happy, there\u2019s how far Roz takes her loyalty to liln. As when Ben screws up, she also ends her relationship with Ian. This really wounds Ian, and he later starts a relationship with a girl around his age.<\/p>\n

Guess what? Sexual attraction and addiction like that, and one of our couples haven\u2019t quite stopped their affair. Hence the bomb analogy…<\/p>\n

Adore, albeit having a somewhat uneasy theme, is not a boring movie. It has gorgeous scenery, good acting, beautiful actors and gets you thinking. It\u2019s about going after your heart (and hormones) vs. doing the right\/expected thing, and how sometimes the right choice isn\u2019t so obvious. It\u2019s about how hurting one person in the short run can turn out to be a good thing in the long run- but hurting another person for their good can backfire big time in the long run.<\/p>\n

The right thing would have been not to have started anything. Then it would have been to be honest with all parties involved. Then of course Tom shouldn\u2019t have tried to have his cake and eat it too…<\/p>\n

But apart from Harold, nobody really does anything right in the movie. And maybe except from the boys\u2019 wives, who are truly clueless. Then again, Tom\u2019s wife didn\u2019t exactly do a very professional thing when she jumped into bed with her director. That almost never goes right…<\/p>\n

So it is full of mistakes and twists you see coming, but you just can\u2019t resist. After all it is a sexy, twisted drama and there\u2019re no surprises. But if this movie proved one thing to me, is that I wouldn\u2019t mind moving to Australia…I\u2019m just saying.<\/p>\n

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Also on Naomi Watts<\/b><\/p>\n

21 Grams starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn & Benicio Del Toro<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Fair Game starring Naomi Watts & Sean Penn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Naomi Watts Trivia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Painted Veil with Naomi Watts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The International starring Clive Owen & Naomi Watts<\/a><\/p>\n

Dangerous Beauty starring Rufus Sewell & Catherine McCormack<\/a> feat. Naomi Watts<\/p>\n

Also on Robin Wright<\/b><\/p>\n

State of Play starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel Mcadams and Helen Mirren<\/b><\/a> & Robin Wright<\/b><\/p>\n

Reviews of 4 Nicholas Sparks Movie Adaptations: A Walk to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe, Message in a Bottle and The Notebook<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Also on Xavier Samuel<\/b><\/p>\n

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Jackson Rathbone and Xavier Samuel<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

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