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Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Clark Gregg, J.K. Simmons, Brooke Smith, James van der Beek, Tom Lipinski, Maika Monroe, Brighid Fleming (mehr)Streaming (5)
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Kate Winslet und Josh Brolin in einer ungewöhnlichen Liebesgeschichte: Die Alleinerziehende Adele und ihr 13-jähriger Sohn begegnen im Supermarkt einem verletzten Fremden, den sie schließlich mit in ihr Zuhause nehmen. Der Mann entpuppt sich als verurteilter Mörder auf der Flucht vor der Polizei. Adele gewährt ihm Unterschlupf und langsam baut sich eine intime Beziehung zwischen den beiden auf. Doch ihre Liebe ist ein Spiel gegen die Zeit, das schon bald vorbei sein kann. (ATV2)
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A fairly interesting story, but in my opinion, somewhat brought down by the perhaps overly calm acting. Kate literally radiates emotions, but Josh Brolin's character could have been even more ambiguous, even tougher. In the end, it's quite an interesting romance, but it still drags a bit to really pull you in and hit you with the ending.
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Labor Day ist die glaubhaft geschriebene Geschichte zweier Menschen, die dachten, sie würden niemals Liebe und Glück in ihrem Leben finden, doch das Schicksal schenkte ihnen ein paar gemeinsame Tage, die ihr Leben von Grund auf veränderten. Der Film stützt sich hauptsächlich auf die Leistungen von Kate Winslet und Josh Brolin, die von dem jungen Gaitlin Griffith gut unterstützt wurden. Dank Rückblenden aus der Vergangenheit erfährt der Zuschauer langsam die traurige Geschichte der beiden Hauptfiguren und weiß im Grunde bis zum Schluss nicht, welchen Ausgang es mit ihnen nimmt - ein großes Plus für die Unvorhersehbarkeit der Handlung. Durch die Figur des Henry bietet der Film nicht nur eine Liebesgeschichte, sondern auch eine Geschichte über das Erwachsenwerden und darüber, die Welt mit den Augen eines Kindes zu sehen, die nicht so schwarz-weiß ist, wie es vielleicht scheint. Obwohl der Film anfangs ein langsameres Tempo hat, wird er nicht langweilig, und im letzten Drittel war die Atmosphäre zeitweise fast zum Schneiden.
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Nachdem ich den Trailer zu diesem Film gesehen hatte und während der Vorspann lief, hegte ich ihm gegenüber unbegründete Vorurteile. Ich nehme alles zurück. Es handelt sich um einen der angenehmsten Filme, die ich in der letzten Zeit gesehen habe, und für mich persönlich ist das eine große Überraschung. Es ist eine zwar sehr große romantische Limonade, aber sie drängt sich nicht auf wirkt gewaltlos. Ich habe auch nicht das erwartete Genre erraten, das mich im Kopf unnötigerweise beim Vorspann in Missstimmung versetzt hatte. Auf Josh Brolin und Kate Winslet passen die Rollen, man kann ihnen jedes Wort, jeden Blick und jede Geste glauben. Sehr gefallen hat mir auch der kleine Gattlin Griffith. Das einzige Negativum bleibt somit das Fehlen meines Lieblingsliedes “Wings of Birdy", auf das ich wirklich bis zum letzten Buchstaben des Abspanns gewartet habe. Dann höre ich es mir wenigstens auf Youtube an.
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Not many films today can boast such precise, focused direction. Every look of the actors, every shot, has its place. This is a long way from the "red library", as some here write. Of course, some naysayers might find it there, especially in the final climax, but there's nothing to be done about that. Kate Winslet is fantastic Josh Brolin’s charisma is enormous.
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Reitman shot this nicely and effectively, but his earlier and more cynical movies are more to my taste. This is pure melodrama to poke at your feels. Ew!
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I didn’t read the description of this movie. I just noticed that my reliables at this site didn’t rate it lower than four stars and so I thought that there must be something to it. I put on HBO and waited what Labor Day would bring. And from the start, it seemed very depressing and classic when it comes to a prison escapee. But I didn’t expect that it’d become such a drama full of love with a beautiful story flow, amazing actors and an ending that probably couldn’t have been any more beautiful. It’s just a shame that here and there, I didn’t really get a few things. For example, whether Adele’s son was adopted or biological. Since Reitman made the effort to tell her sad life story, he could have given us some closure as well. And there was a lot of those moments. But overall, it was a beautiful movie about a fated love that was worth waiting for.
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I watched Labor Day as part of a Valentine's Day event, during which a person is willing to undergo a bit of romance and score a bit in a partnership to fulfill their expectations of the holiday of lovers. This film can be simplified as "won't offend, but won't impress either." It won't offend mainly because of the presence of the central couple. Kate belongs to the elite of female character actors within her generation, and you simply believe in her as the abandoned mother. Josh Brolin could patent roles of charismatic bearded men with a tough exterior and a good heart - that's just simply him. The others play their roles as they should, and the director is capable of orchestrating it all. The problem lies in the screenplay, which does not address some things at all and only briefly touches on others. The most interesting and important aspect of the plot is the mutual discovery, building trust, and relationship between the escaped prisoner and his hostages. But that is incredibly superficial. It almost seems like Kate Winslet was just waiting for something like that and enthusiastically ended up in bed with a murderer sentenced to 18 years after a few hours. What should one think of such a character then? The psychology is simply superficial or completely unreliable. And the tacked-on romantic ending seems to come from a mediocre romance novel. Overall impression: 55%.
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Jason Reitman is excellent at capturing the chemistry between people on screen through skillfully edited shots of the main characters and their body language. He was able to do this in his earlier films, especially in Up in The Air. Essentially, this one a very similar conversation, just set two decades earlier and with the difference that this time the main characters know exactly what they want, whereas in the previous film they had to figure it out first. Perhaps this takes away from the realism a bit and it falls into the realm of fiction (in terms of execution and storytelling), but Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet have charisma. It's a pity that the second half of the film is predictable, because the initial conversation was very enjoyable.
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A whiny, drawn out, and incredibly uninspiring spectacle like something from the Sparks, where I had to spend the whole time thinking about my vacation starting the next day so I wouldn't eat my arm out of boredom. It embodies virtually every aspect of cinematic evil – guilt, fatalism, mistrust breaking into love, becoming a man, soft lights – and it's got practically zero budget. Better to read the book instead. A different one, that is.
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