Longing

2024

Action / Comedy / Drama

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 17% · 28 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 17%
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 1171 1.2K

Plot summary

A business mogul runs into his old small town girlfriend while she is visiting the big city only to find out that they had a child together that he was unaware of.

Director

Savi Gabizon Photo
Savi Gabizon

Top cast

Richard Gere Photo
Richard Gere as Daniel Bloch
Diane Kruger Photo
Diane Kruger as Alice
Marnie McPhail Photo
Marnie McPhail as Sonia
Maya Misaljevic Photo
Maya Misaljevic as Tween Girl #1
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1 hr 51 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ZeddaZogenau 5 / 10

About the inappropriate grief management of a man with attachment disorders

A very interesting, but also problematic in parts, film about the very specific grief process of an unsuspecting father. Seven years after the original film LONGING (2017), which was shot in Hebrew, Israeli director Savi GABIZON was able to make an English-language version for the North American cinema market.Richard GERE plays the wealthy businessman Daniel, who suddenly learns that he has had a son for 19 years, but that he has just died in a car accident. He travels to his deceased son's hometown and learns a lot about his life through encounters with various people. Daniel often acts intrusively, presumptuously, and embarrassingly. This, of course, fits wonderfully with a character who is irresponsible, emotionally traumatized, and simultaneously lacking in distance. Some plot lines are difficult to bear. One example: Daniel's son was madly in love with his French teacher (Diane KRUGER), whom he stalked day and night in a transgressive manner. German actress Diane Kruger plays this teacher, whose professional dedication is misunderstood, very vividly and convincingly. In a dream sequence, however, the film depicts this teacher larger than life as a sexual projection screen for father and son, which comes across as extremely embarrassing and inappropriate. Similar borderline scenes occur elsewhere in the film, which detracts from a better rating of this otherwise well-made film.As a portrait of a thoroughly typical contemporary who serves as a symbol of irresponsibility, inability to commit, and lack of distance, the film is quite successful. However, the director doesn't tell it that way, as he still shows too much sympathy for his main character. Thus, the film about the misguided grieving process of a questionable personality remains a mixed pleasure.
Reviewed by crystaljennings-54502 6 / 10

Confusing but I enjoyed it.

Reviewed by ChristopherW-18 5 / 10

The cracks make it crumble

Fiction, whether a book or a film, always requires a willing suspension of disbelief. After all, it's entertainment: you know life and events rarely move forward the way the author presents them, but it's enjoyable to imagine the 'what if?'.Richard Gere brings his A-game to everything he does. For the first half of the movie, I believe him, and I can see his character's journey. But then, things no longer make sense.Why does everyone talk and act as if the deceased son was still alive? Why do the supporting characters go along with the craziness? Why does the movie suddenly drop the connection to Daniel's business in New York?Are all the events of the movie supposed to happen within a week? If so, how could the final scene be even possible?I like how the movie slowly unfolds and paints a realistic picture of the deceased son with a rich but flawed personality. If the movie focused on how Daniel reassesses his own life based on the life of a son he never knew he had until the week before, I think this would have been a fine movie. But the film adds one implausibility to another and another, until I can no longer suspend my disbelief.
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