45 Years – 7

Here’s an answer to the question, Why don’t they make movies about real people? Because not much happens in their lives and it’s hard to understand them talking. This entire movie hinged on the wife (Charlotte Rampling)’s discovery that her husband (Tom Courtenay) had never gotten over his prior lover. But since we didn’t see their marriage before this discovery, and it wasn’t clear whether the husband had dementia, it was hard to understand what the wife was going through – or why. The movie was remarkable for showcasing an older actress, but it’s unfortunate that she wasn’t more relatable. It also, in the attempt to be real, was very slow.