and think she is as despicable and "f'd up" as I do?
How does a woman make a marriage "work" (i.e. happy) when she pines always for someone else? No wonder her husband cheated when given some actual attention and warmth from another woman...
Ultimately, "Last Night" says little why people stray, why love fades or about temptation and lust other than it's right there for the taking if you want it to be. As for love, well, it's there for the squandering if you so choose. Though the true crime of the picture might just be how bland it is, it's not a egregious picture by any means, just a very forgettable one. [C-]
she had a disgusting behavior but that's not an excuse for her husband.
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I agree. Not an excuse for her husband.
But the major problem in the marriage in this movie and throughout the real world nowadays IS a lack of commitment to marriage. Its what we are ALL taught by movies and TV and popular modern fiction. It's all about shallowness and going into ANY relationship with the "me first" attitude and to just bail-out (emotionally) if everything isn't beyond "good enough" - including ecstatic sexual fulfillment all the time.
I just saw "Rachel and the Stranger" for the first time - all about another marriage in another time and place. Nothing but a "marriage of convenience" at first - but nonetheless a commitment made and kept by both participants that led to great romantic love.
Just an interesting counterpoint to this movie, I think.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040720/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
"the major problem in the marriage in this movie and throughout the real world nowadays IS a lack of commitment to marriage" . . . totally agree with you. In fact, the only people who want to get married anymore are gay because they had to fight for the right.
I understood Joanne's jealousy until she pulled those pictures of Alex out of the bookshelf. Then we find out she's met Alex on more than one occasion during her marriage to Michael. So she's been cheating all along.
I think she recognized he returned early because of her anxiety. And he recognized she'd been out the night before. When he talked about sharing a "great lunch" he was telling her he was moving on. The night before she told Alex it was over between them. I think their marriage was tested and even though they'd both cheated they were ready to move on together.
Obviously they're both in the wrong but after viewing this I can't help but wonder if Michael cheated because his Marriage to joanna was always lacking something. If one person's heart is not 100% into the relationship, it can't actually be fulfilling for the other party, and even cheating physically (what Michael did) might've been a way to feel that connection, even if it's just for the moment.
Plus Joanna claims she cheated emotionally but not physically. Im sorry but if I went and made out with another man, who cares that I didn't have sex with him? Still cheating. So Joanna actually cheated both physically and emotionally and shes the one who unconsciously caused this whole thing before this night even happened because she Was never into her
marriage to begin with and Alex and Laura were just opportunities.