‘Live in the moment’
Address: John Crowley
Performers: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Adam James
Premiere: January 1, 2025
★★★
Here is an actor who aimed to be a star but has preferred to stay in an intermediate territory, Andrew Garfieldthe worst Spiderman for many but excellent in titles like ‘What Silver Lake Hides’ and ‘Until the Last Man’. Sharing the spotlight, Florence Pugha dazzling female presence who has managed to combine her talent well and earn a creditable position with films such as ‘Lady Macbeth’, ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Little Women’, the series ‘The Girl with the Drum’ and her performances in the Marvel universe as Yelena Belova from ‘Black Widow’ and ‘Hawkeye’.
Many times, cinema is about this, bringing together two budding stars or semi-stars, writing a text appropriate to their capabilities and making everything fit so that the film works. Desired chemistry of romantic couples. ‘Living in the moment’ follows the axiom to the letter. classic romantic dramafilms a couple over a decade, how they met, what they wanted, what they couldn’t get, their desires and frustrations, the idea of family.
The romance plunges into tragedy and elegantly avoids the kitsch that appears from time to time in the script. In this sense, the good understanding between Pugh and Garfield is essential. The camera does not let them loose at any time and makes it prevail emotion over sentimentality. Garfield explained that the project came to him during his particular midlife crisis and he thought that before avoiding problems, it is about finding problems to overcome. And that’s what the film is about, more or less.
