Diahnne Abbott, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes

While a successful writer researches an upcoming book on love for sale, a onetime girlfriend struggles through a divorce and custody case.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 21 min.

Directed by: John Cassavetes

Release Date: August 24, 1984

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  • October 6, 2009
    John Cassavetes' final film, "Love Streams", may not be his best work, it may not even come close to such brilliant pictures like "Faces" or "Woman Under the Influence" that he's made in the past, but the vitality of the vision-- the energy and wit of it, stays the same.

    What i...( read more)s always great in Cassavetes' cinema, here remains untouched: the truthfulness of the characters, free-floating plot, openness for the moments of honesty, humour turned constantly into tragedy and backwards with the speed of light. "Love Streams" is uncompromising in a way it deals with the form, and it is acted brilliantly throughout. For instance, you won't forget the scene in which Cassavetes, playing a father, drunk and angry, talks to his kid son. It may be the most powerful scene he's ever done as a writer, director and actor. It is indescribable, one just have to see it.

    An exhausting trip into humanity served by one of the greatest of humanist filmmakers.
  • November 5, 2009
    All films of Gena Rowlands & John Cassavetes.
  • February 11, 2009
    Berlin Film Festival 84' Golden Bear
  • March 10, 2008
    If you've got the time and the mood, watch it and be amazed. Not for show. The end kills.
  • January 25, 2008
    As in any Cassavettes, the good outweighs the bad because the good is fucking amazing.
  • June 27, 2007
    Cassavetes' final masterpiece. A culmination of his life's work. Filmmaking like this is as rare as a three-eyed cat.
  • February 19, 2007
    loved and pasionated
  • December 21, 2006
    This must get a DVD release!
  • December 12, 2006
    Brilliant. Heart-breaking. Tragic. Wonderful.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie is exasperating, because we never know where we stand or what will happen next. I think that's one of its strengths: There's an exhilaration in this roller-coaster ride through scenes that c... full review

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