The Face of Love

2014

The Face of Love

Critics Consensus

Perhaps worth checking out if only for the opportunity to see reliably powerful work from Annette Bening and Ed Harris, The Face of Love undermines its leads' performances with a scattershot script and aimless direction.

42%

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FACE OF LOVE is the story of a widow named Nikki (Annette Bening) who, several years after the loss of her husband Garrett, meets a man named Tom (Ed Harris) who looks exactly like her deceased husband. Suddenly, a flood of old feelings rush back to her: she's met the love of her life. Again. The film is a romantic story filled with humor, surprise, and reflections on the mystery of love surrounding us. Bening and Harris star, with an important supporting turn from Robin Williams as Nikki's confidante and would-be lover. (c) IFC Films

Cast

Annette Bening
as Nikki Lostrom
Ed Harris
as Garret Mathis/Tom Young
Linda Park
as Jan
Robin Williams
as Roger Stillman
Amy Brenneman
as Ann
Jess Weixler
as Summer
Jeffrey Vincent Parise
as Nicholas
Horacio Cerutti
as Gardener
Clyde Kusatsu
as Sushi Chef
Eli Vargas
as Bell Boy
Miguel Pérez
as Bartender
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Audience Reviews for The Face of Love

  • Jun 08, 2014
    Annette Bening and Ed Harris up against pure corn and soap.
    hawk l Super Reviewer
  • Mar 10, 2014
    Five years after her husband Garrett(Ed Harris) drowned in Mexico, Nikki(Annette Bening) is still very much grieving. But she feels well enough so that her daughter Summer(Jess Weixler) can return to her chaotic life in Seattle while Roger(Robin Williams), a family friend, comes by to use the pool. In any case, Nikki decides to visit the art museum she used to go to with her husband. While there, she sees Tom(Ed Harris), a dead ringer for Garrett. To be honest, "The Face of Love" would have worked much better as a short story which would not only have kept things ambiguous, but could have ended long before the story ended up running into a wall. Visualizing this concept would have been tricky under the best of circumstances which this is clearly not. But what makes the movie more than a little watchable and sort of worthwhile is the abundant charisma of and chemistry between its two lead actors. Now, if I could only figure what Robin Williams is supposed to be doing here.
    Walter M Super Reviewer
  • Sep 03, 2013
    The intention was surely a love story but here we have creepiness as a woman pursues a man who looks exactly like her dead husband. The actors work well however in that creepiness up until the film makers take the easy out of an ending with a bow on top.
    John B Super Reviewer
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