28 Hotel Rooms (2012)

28 Hotel Rooms: Directed by Matt Ross. With Chris Messina, Marin Ireland, Robert Deamer, Anne H. Wilson. A novelist and an accountant meet while they are traveling for work, and though they both are in relationships, their one-night stand could become something more.

“After reading the reviews, I had to watch it again to understand what someone said happened in the movie that I didnu0026#39;t see, but found myself continuing to watch past that point. The first time I watched this movie, I thought it to be a modern tragedy, almost Shakespearean by bringing together bad timing, circumstance and what couldu0026#39;ve been. As I watched it again I drew more to the emotion that the characters and storyline is trying to draw out of the audience. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you lack emotional depth, experience, or having ever truly fallen in love, I think you watch this movie and brand it as a cheater movie justified. I think it goes beyond that. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe woman having bloomed much later in life was, for all intensive purposes, lacking in self-esteem and unsure of herself. Which was brilliantly communicated by the director and screen writer. She never knew what she wanted, or what she deserved. She only knew to fit into her roles outside of her hotel room encounters. She couldnu0026#39;t bring to bear the question of what was OK for her to have in her life until it was tragically too late.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe man was vulnerable, to a point. And like all men, didnu0026#39;t know whether to admit frailty in the obvious presence of a blossoming love with the massive risk of being unrequited and therefore exposing himself to the dangers of not having that thick male skin.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDirector – I think that the tempo was good, even watching it the second time, it wasnu0026#39;t predictable and didnu0026#39;t force me to want to fast forward. It captured the awkwardness of getting acquainted, brought us to a place where they dropped their guard and even a period of adolescent energy where the characters connected.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eChris and Marin connected in this movie in a way that really made the movie. Periods of just conversation communicated something genuine while keeping true to character. It was almost akin to watching someoneu0026#39;s reality.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere were so many times in this movie that you just wanted to tell them what to do, and as each tragic bit of circumstance came to fruition you were emotionally disappointed. Thatu0026#39;s the point of any movie, to get the audience to relate some how and ask questions and get emotional. And this movie accomplished that for me.”