The Park Bench

2014

Comedy / Romance

Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 421 421

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Director

Ann LeSchander Photo
Ann LeSchander

Top cast

Walter Perez Photo
Walter Perez as Mateo
John Prosky Photo
John Prosky as Professor McIntyre
Stella Maeve Photo
Stella Maeve as Maribel
Araceli Cesar Photo
Araceli Cesar as Mother

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ritera1 7 / 10

Amusing

Reviewed by gregportergo 10 / 10

Surprised me!

This film seems so unassuming but it really packs a punch. It did for me anyway. The characters felt like they really existed and I ended up getting really invested in their lives. It's small, for sure, but it's very lovely. One reason I think it works so well is because the actors have terrific chemistry. They play off each other well and the way they slowly confide in each other seems completely plausible. I just wanted to see what would happen the next day they met, and the next...I also loved the animation - so colorful and fun. It added another dimension to the whole film. I wish there were more movies like this that told simple but engaging stories with characters I wanted to follow. It just made me feel good.I hope more people will discover this movie.
Reviewed by edwardmbrown 7 / 10

Sweet, but thought provoking.

This is a sweet movie about a budding romance between a tutor and her student. They sit on a park bench and the film jumps from one meeting to the next with animated titles between them. It is cute, and one reviewer said that it didn't rise above that. I found myself, however, musing over what I thought was the film's question, "How do you know love when you find it." I don't often muse about romcoms after I see them, so I would say it was more than just cute.
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