Vera Farmiga is the best American actress you've never heard of.
Never Forever (2008)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:15
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Sophie seems to have an idyllic life; she's the perfect Caucasian housewife for Andrew, her successful Asian American husband. Their relationship is put to the test, though, when she can't conceive... Sophie seems to have an idyllic life; she's the perfect Caucasian housewife for Andrew, her successful Asian American husband. Their relationship is put to the test, though, when she can't conceive a child. To save her marriage, Sophie does something desperate. She initiates a bold and clandestine venture with Jihah, an illegal immigrant from Korea. Sophie soon finds this new arrangement spiraling into a situation that may actually destroy what it was meant to liberate. In Never Forever, writer/director Gina Kim arranges every shot with a calculating eye, building a step-by-step urgency. Her story is rich and her filmmaking lean and precise. Kim creates the perfect tone, right down to a climate of extreme repression where the sexual energy is nearly combustible. The insightful art direction and costume design are marvelously refined for an independent film. And Vera Farmiga's incredible performance as Sophie is a true gift. Her ethereal beauty--crystal blue eyes and porcelain skin--gives her the appearance of a rare doll, which isn't too far from the pampered existence she represents. As the perfect counterpart to two gifted leading men, her mastery of Sophie's gradual transformation makes Never Forever an unforgettable cinematic experience. --© Sundance Film Festival [More]
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Ha Jung-Woo, David L. McInnis
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Ha Jung-Woo, David L. McInnis
Director: Gina Kim
Director: Gina Kim
Studio: Prime Entertainment
Reviews for Never Forever
Never Forever has a lot going for it; it's just a shame its inner trashiness is concealed.
For a film as gentle, meaningful, and tender as Never Forever, the picture can be forgiven such old-fashioned melodramatic extravagance to make a lasting impression.
If Adrian Lyne directed a racy Lifetime movie, then asked Danielle Steel what to call it, you'd pretty much have Never Forever, a sudsy chamber piece that's engrossing despite its many plot holes and contrivances.
It's like a Lana Turner vehicle that's too meek to be Last Tango in Chinatown.
This erotically charged melodrama about two vastly different Korean experiences in New York City and the Caucasian woman straddling both is beautifully directed by Gina Kim who balances emotional subtleties and highly charged scenarios without ever losing
Farmiga elevates the material of this melodramatic soaper into something nearly profound.
An engaging, sexy film the punctuates one of the many unusual ways that women today can become pregnant.
Every scene is powerfully packed with conflict, and the movie races along to a very uncertain climax.
While Never Forever lingers in the thick of sex, lies and anxiety, it is something to see.
What holds together the pulp of this torn-between-two-lovers fantasy is a restrained and elegant cinematic aesthetic.
Writer-director Gina Kim channels Douglas Sirk by way of Korean tearjerkers of the 1960s in this overheated melodrama.
Beautifully shot and acted, with a heartbreaking story, Never Forever is worth the effort.
Though marred by weak narrative and fake ending, Gina Kim's interracial romantic melodrama is extremely well shot, edited, and acted, particularly by the beautiful Vera Farmiga in a tough role as a loving, sexually repressed wife.
Vera Farmiga's fearlessly committed turn as a woman caught off-guard by her own desires and Kim's highly sensitive camera turn the film into a chamber-piece of hushed eroticism and surprising narrative grip.
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