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Love in Dangerous Times
USA 2020
produced by Ian Stout, Steve Avalon Gardner, Jon Garcia, Michael Repsch, Alan Whitehead (executive), Mike Long (executive), Jack Baikoff (executive) for Social Distance Films, Lake Productions, Vertica Productions
directed by Jon Garcia
starring Ian Stout, Tiffany Groben, Bruce Jennings, Jimmy Garcia, David Allen, Marian Mendez, Liz Kohl
written by Jon Garcia, Ian Stout, music by Michael Sempert
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The early days of 2020: Like everybody else, Jason (Ian Stout) has
heard about the Corona virus, but like almost everybody else doesn't take
it very seriously let alone would call it a "pandemic". A few
weeks later, his hometown Portland, like much of the USA, is under
lockdown, and while Jason has always thought he, a semi-successful
playwright, would be well-equipped for spending time on his own, being cut
off everyone else shows him he has only very few people to virtually talk
to, especially since his relationship to his father and brother has soured
in recent years. But he's on a dating app where he meets lovely Sorrell
(Tiffany Groben), who like him seems a little lost, and thus they get
along great during their video chats that take them through the lonely
weeks ... until things relax a bit and they agree to meet in person - but
then Sorrell doesn't show ... Among the first films to directly
deal with the pandemic and lockdown, and actually filmed entirely during
the days of Corona, this is actually a quite touching romance that's
pretty much exactly about what the title suggests, but manages to not
over-dramatize things but concentrates on the new trivial of a totally
changed (or at least reduced) world, and as a result the romance between
Jason and Sorrell becomes to tangible, because it's given its time to
grow, doesn't sprout out of big gestures but develops in conversation that
only slowly turn into the (believable) for more. And a very subtle
direction gives this growth enough space while the two grounded central
performances make the film feel real - and maybe one of the most romantic
movies to come out of 2020.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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