Elegy (2008)
Elegy (2008) 5/10
Elegy is a film about obsession, and possibly love. It features excellent actors like Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz who give strong performances. But the film itself feels meandering and aimless. While each individual character is well portrayed, the characters have little chemistry with each other. Kingsley and Cruz are supposed to play lovers in a spring-autumn romance, but there is little spark between them. Individually, they are excellent actors, but together they sorely lack chemistry. In fact the strongest sequences in the film are the confrontations between Kingsley and Peter Sarsgaard who plays Kingley’s estranged son, as well as the quiet moments between Kingsley and Clarkson which is quite a pity because the strong supporting cast gets so little screen time.
