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1 week ago

I appreciate the objective of giving older women permission to pursue love and happiness. I ask that the producers/director ask themselves why Hayes was underdeveloped as a maturing partner for Solene--the film rewards older women by giving them beautiful young lovers, but I don't think that's sufficient. It is Hayes who asks for more from the relationship. Nicholas Galitzine took every opportunity to give us a glimpse at depth: Hayes isn't a contented boy band member (what if Hayes was cast as Tiny Tim, his bandmates are certainly more childlike, he admits to be attracted to Solene for her intelligence). He grew facial hair for the final scene, but perhaps the Graham Norton interview could have provided us with the list of things Hayes accomplished in 5 years (I can imagine a long list of activities he might have undertaken to respond to the charge to find happiness), so that when he and Solene chat in the future they might have something to talk about! Perhaps a glimpse of Hayes's flat in London (mise en scene) once the art is unpacked--it might reveal that Hayes has become a connoisseur (under Solene's influence)--and maybe a reader with books open and everywhere as he's realized that to keep the love of a smarter older woman there is some internal work that has to happen, or a music studio with awards for his earnest songwriting post-August Moon. There was a real chance to make Solene's triumph much more significant if Hayes had been allowed to escape cliché with her... I believe in Galitzine they had the actor to pull it off as well, so I hold the movie makers to account on this one.

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