Starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, Sarah Silverman
Director: Sarah Polley
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Run Time: 116 minutes
Film: 3 out of 5 stars
Extras: 3 out of 5 stars
Take This Waltz is an unique little film. It is directed by Sarah Polley (2004’s “Dawn of the Dead”) and pacts a great cast including Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman. The film has a bit of romances as well as some tear-jerker moments, which is a rare aspect for Rogen but he is great in the role. The film is not perfect and runs way to long for my taste. If this was 90 mins it would have been a lot tighter. Nontheless, it is definitely worth a watch if you are a fan of its cast if for nothing else. Leave it to Magnolia Pictures to deliver another indie gem that otherwise probably wouldn’t have seen the light of day.
Official Premise: Michelle Williams stars in this bittersweet romance as a married woman tempted by her new neighbour. After five years of marriage to her loving husband Lou (Seth Rogen), freelance writer Margot (Williams) finds herself drawn to her new rickshaw-driving-artist neighbour, Daniel (Luke Kirby). On discovering that the attraction is mutual, she rapidly finds herself torn between her head and her heart, as she attempts to place the two men in her life in perspective, while increasingly succumbing to the infatuations brought on by her new admirer.
Magnolia, as always, has delivered a sharp 1080p transfer. The colors are sharp and it still manages to keep its indie look and feel. The film also packs an impressive DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track, which works well for the scale of the film. The special features are decent but fall a little short. The main star of the stars is “Making of Take This Waltz”, which is a 40 minutes behind-the-scenes look into the production. It features some decent interviews with Polley and the cast. There is also a standard EPK extra called “AXS TV: A Look at Take This Waltz”, which is more red carpet footage and runs only 5 minutes. Lastly included is theatrical trailer.
