Take This Waltz (2012)
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78% of critics liked it
(127 reviews) -
58% of users liked it
(13,429 ratings)
When Margot (Michelle Williams), 28, meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), their chemistry is intense and immediate. But Margot suppresses her sudden attraction; she is happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a cookbook writer. When Margot learns that Daniel lives across the street from them, the certainty about… More When Margot (Michelle Williams), 28, meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), their chemistry is intense and immediate. But Margot suppresses her sudden attraction; she is happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a cookbook writer. When Margot learns that Daniel lives across the street from them, the certainty about her domestic life shatters. She and Daniel steal moments throughout the steaming Toronto summer, their eroticism heightened by their restraint. Swelteringly hot, bright and colorful like a bowl of fruit, Take This Waltz leads us, laughing, through the familiar, but uncharted question of what long-term relationships do to love, sex, and our images of ourselves. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Sarah Polley
- Written By
- Sarah Polley
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 29, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Magnolia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Cath Clarke, Time Out
A hard-headed, generous film about love.
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Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Polley (who's been an actress herself) never judges these people she's created. Instead, she depicts the giddy, fleeting and illusory nature of new love, and lets us get caught up in it, too.
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John Anderson, Newsday
No one's a cliche; no one speaks dialogue the viewer could have muttered a beat or two ahead of the movie; no one hews to a mode of behavior fabricated to explain away his or her irrational behavior.
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John Hartl, Seattle Times
[It] often feels thin and self-conscious.
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Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Williams lives and breathes her role, Kirby is charming and real, and you actually start to ache and empathize with Rogen - the emptiness and heartache he conveys when Lou and Margot finally thrash things out is crushing.
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Cast
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Michelle Williams
as Margo, Margot
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Seth Rogen
as Lou
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Luke Kirby
as Daniel
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Sarah Silverman
as Geraldine
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Jennifer Podemski
as Karen
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Diane D'Aquila
as Harriet
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Vanessa Coelho
as Tony
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Graham Abbey
as James
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Damien Atkins
as Aquafit Instructor
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Aaron Abrams
as Aaron
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Dyan Bell
as Dyan
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Albert Howell
as Albert
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Danielle Miller
as Danielle
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Matt Baram
as Matt
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Avi Phillips
as Avi
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Diane Flacks
as Diane
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Cheryl MacInnis
as Flight Attendant
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Ciaran MacGillivray
as Soldier
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Roy MacNeil
as Period Priest
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Sandy MacLean
as Town Crier
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John Dunsworth
as Tourist
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Barneita Runnings
as Shower Lady #1
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Mary Pitt
as Shower Lady #2
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Rosalind Feldman
as Shower Lady #3
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Mike Follert
as Man on the Porch
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Jean-Michel Le Gal
as Police Officer
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Samantha Farrow
as Threesome Lady
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Dustin Peters
as Threesome Dude





