Despite Cox's worst meddling, most of the passion and excitement comes through.
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10/29/01
Innocence (2001)
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Reviews Counted:74
Fresh:61
Rotten:13
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Not only does it break ground in presenting a rarely examined age group, Innocence is a well-acted, powerful story about love.
Theatrical Release:Aug 17, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: Director Paul Cox ponders the nature of love in this sincere tale of romance about two elderly people who debunk convention and follow their hearts. An aging Andreas (Charles Tingwell) realizes... [More]
Starring: Julia Blake, Charles Tingwell, Terry Norris, Robert Menzies
Director: Paul Cox
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Reviews for Innocence
Nakedly emotional, startlingly honest and very brave in its perhaps naïve celebration of love, it goes straight to the heart of things.
10/12/01
[Blake] brings such warmth and understated passion to the role that she single-handedly offsets the weepy, melodramatic acoustic guitar riffs on the soundtrack.
12/07/01
It is a movie to treasure.
08/17/01
It's high time for a reminder - love and lust are NOT sole ownership of the young.
10/24/01
How can one praise a film that's so busy congratulating and complimenting itself?
11/02/01
A human story told with taste and simplicity. Better still, it is not maudlin.
12/06/01
Offers a moving tribute to love and the courage its risk-taking requires.
11/11/01
Speaks to the romantic in all of us, and it doesn't take long before we don't care about age.
09/26/01
Top CriticThe "live life to its fullest while you can" message begins to feel fabricated...but sentimentally, "Innocence" strikes a truthful and touching chord
10/23/01
Paul Cox brings large reserves of sensitivity, wisdom, and creativity to his second movie about conscious aging.
08/16/01
It mostly proves that lovers in old age can be as cloying and narcissistic as they are in youth.
08/14/01
Top CriticFilms that achieve the dimension of seraphic embrace achieved by Innocence, as it explores a return to first love, are the rarest of the rare.
09/28/01
Top CriticIt has the right performers for a character-driven romance, and the near-uniqueness of its screen concerns ultimately nudges you into its corner.
08/17/01
Top CriticThe subject matter is so fresh and untrammeled it begs to draw in more mature audiences to this sweet, melancholy story of love at the end of life...
10/03/01
You may never see your grandparents in quite the same light again.
10/03/01
Turns into highbrow kitsch.
06/07/01
The characters are unlike anything I've seen -- they're people.
09/21/01
A film that unabashedly affirms the age-transcending power of love.
09/01/01
At first, the setup and Mr. Cox's lyricism are intriguing, but he has little to say once the wheels start turning.
10/18/01
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