Elergy

Rating: 5.8/10

Genre: Drama

Overall value for time and money: 5.5/10

Story: 2/5

Erotism: 2.5/5

Cast: 2/5

Twist: 1/5

Melancholy: 3/5

A movie about an intellectual and charismatic professor whose "perfect" life was turned topsy turvy when he set eyes for his student, 30 years younger than he is. Divorced, single and living an almost perfect life which does not require him to have any commitments, he gradually sinks deeper into a relationship, awaking the side of him he never knew existed.

An art-house type movie, but although the synopsis of the movie at the back of the dvd somewhat "promises" a twist to the story, it was overplayed. Bottomline is, the relationship didn't work out, but 2 years later, the female protagonist came back to him asking the Prof for a huge favor. The "favor" was not leaked... but it wasn't even... touching or surprising to me.

It bears similarities to The Reader, while The Reader featured an older woman having a sexual relationship with a boy much younger than she was, this movie was the opposite: an older man having a sexual relationship with a lady much younger than he was. Though the former felt more like a "softcore" movie, it was way better than this movie. Elergy is quite like The Reader meets Titanic (you've got to catch this movie to understand what I mean).

But... I wouldn't reccommend this movie though. Story was predictable, nothing fantastic, mandane, even boring at times... and the cast... The male lead, Ben Kingsley wasn't even charismatic to me in the 1st place (could be because I'm a guy though). Penelope Cruz gave another top notch performance, and in my opinion, I find her one of the most comfortable on-screen actress I've seen so far. She makes acting out the roles of her characters look so effortlessly... And the ending mood of the movie... Rather melancholy. It's not mainly due to the portrayal of the characters and the way the movie was supposed to be played out... but the lack of peaks throughout the movie contributed to the ending feel as well.

To sum it up; a notch down softporn, a notch down arty farty, a notch down your typical average movie. In my opinion, not worth your time.