Mark Ruffalo

Reservation Road
$14.98
Very good movie; excellent direction.
Actual subject that touches our conscience .
Actors were superb.

We Don't Live Here Anymore
$19.98
There's this movie titled "Dinner with Friends" with Greg Kinnear, Andie Macdowell, Dennis Quaid, and Toni Collette which addresses marriage, and divorce, and one which I thought portrayed all the angst and strife that can afflict couples that have been together for a while. Well, "We Don't Live Here Anymore" does this too, but in a more honest and credible way. At heart it explores the issue of infidelity and dissatisfaction in marriages, as portrayed by two couples who also happen to be close friends. Hank and Edith (Peter Krause and Naomi Watts) & Jack and Terry (Mark Ruffalo and Laura Dern) are good friends who are unhappy in their respective marriages. Hank and Jack are both lecturers in a local community college (filming was in Vancouver, BC) and Hank seems to be experiencing a serious case of writer's block whilst Jack takes time off for the summer. Of the four main characters, I felt Hank was the most unsympathetic character, portraying a guy who is distant and aloof from his pretty wife Edith (Watts), and also a serial adulterer. Edith finds herself stuck in a marriage that does not give her any sense of happiness,yet unwilling to do anything about it, choosing instead to reach out to Jack (Ruffalo) who reciprocates, resulting in a torrid affair (they make it everywhere - in the car, in the woods, in Edith's house whilst Hank sleeps upstairs!). Jack, seems disconnected from his own wife, and rebuffs her attempts at reconnecting, and rediscovering whatever it was that drew them together in the first place.

This movie is basically about a couple of 'lost' souls - each individual is searching for some form of fulfillment, and not really attaining it. Laura Dern's Terry was the character I empathized with the most, and Dern pours her heart and soul into her portrayal of a sad and frustrated housewife who tries to desperately reach out to and reconnect with her distant husband. Ruffalo also does a credible job of playing a man who is so consumed with his need for Edith that he totally alienates his wife, ignorant of her needs, whilst struggling with the moral dilemma of his affair (yet unwilling to stop it). Watts shines as a woman who has so much to give yet is trapped in a loveless marriage. The sex scenes are portrayed in a brutally honest manner - ironically, it is not the scenes of adulterous sex that are hard to watch. On the contrary, the sex that Edith and Jack engage in may be animalistic but it also shows two people who are in true harmony with each other. In contrast, the marital sex that Edith and Hank engage in, as well as Terry and Jack, appear almost awkward and perfunctory - made glaringly and painfully obvious with the desperate plea by Terry in one sex scene with Jack "Look at me" she cries out repeatedly.

The pacing of the movie is just right - drawing viewers in as we get to know these flawed and conflicted characters, watching the marital dramas unfold against a backdrop of suspicion, guilt, anger, frustration - in short, all of the emotions that many couples experience in their relationships. This movie provides an honest and unflinching look at the unraveling of two marriages, the emotional cost of infidelity, and the compromises that people make in relationships.

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You Can Count on Me
$9.98
Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo shine in this small, intimate film about a sister and brother who have no family left to turn to after they are orphaned as kids--with the exception of the sister's young son, the product of a failed relationship. Matthew Broderick also does a great job as Samantha's boss, cheating on his pregnant wife with her.

There is no definite resolution by the end, as Terry drifts out of his sister's and nephew's lives as easily as he drifted into them. He will continue to live the life of a drifter anywhere in the U.S. and has a criminal record as well. This is merely one episode or glimpse into the siblings' lives as adults.

Nice performances and great locations.