Two for the Road

Reviewer: Tamara Lees
Rating (out of 5): ***½

Stanley Donen's Two for the Road was fashioned stylistically in a way after the French New Wave films of the 50s. It's an elegant, openhearted and heartbreaking a portrait of a marriage from many angles and moods, with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney both lovely as a couple wondering "When did it all go wrong?" (and where did it also go right). The stars have great chemistry together and Donen manages to keep things breezing along even with the purposely fractured narrative and chronology. The director provides an insightful commentary on the DVD, too.