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"Oh, Raymond, Mrs. Whitaker sounds so formal! Won't you please... ask me to dance?
Cathy (Julianne Moore) and Frank Whitaker (Dennis Quaid) seem to be the ideal prosperous couple in this 1950s Hartford community. He's a successful businessman and she's a social leader. When Cathy discovers her husband is gay, she stands by him hoping that he will be cured by visiting a psychiatrist.
In the midst of this, Cathy has become quite smitten with her new gardener, Raymond Deagan (Dennis Haysbert), a handsome and tender man who is African-American. When Frank confronts Cathy with the gossip he's heard around town, he is enraged about how damaging this could be to his career.
Also appearing are Patricia Clarkson as Cathy's supposedly best friend Eleanor; Celia Weston as the leading town gossip Mona Lauder; Viola Davis as the Whitaker's housekeeper; James Rebhorn as the psychiatrist; Jordan Puryear as Sarah, Raymond's young daughter.
While I appreciated the exquisite attention to detail, the authenticity of costumes and settings, a color pallet that made me feel the 1950s, I just didn't care enough about the nature of either Cathy or Frank.
Written and directed by Todd Haynes.
Run time: 1 hour, 48 minutes
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content, brief violence and language.
My personal rating: C+
Cathy (Julianne Moore) and Frank Whitaker (Dennis Quaid) seem to be the ideal prosperous couple in this 1950s Hartford community. He's a successful businessman and she's a social leader. When Cathy discovers her husband is gay, she stands by him hoping that he will be cured by visiting a psychiatrist.
In the midst of this, Cathy has become quite smitten with her new gardener, Raymond Deagan (Dennis Haysbert), a handsome and tender man who is African-American. When Frank confronts Cathy with the gossip he's heard around town, he is enraged about how damaging this could be to his career.
Also appearing are Patricia Clarkson as Cathy's supposedly best friend Eleanor; Celia Weston as the leading town gossip Mona Lauder; Viola Davis as the Whitaker's housekeeper; James Rebhorn as the psychiatrist; Jordan Puryear as Sarah, Raymond's young daughter.
While I appreciated the exquisite attention to detail, the authenticity of costumes and settings, a color pallet that made me feel the 1950s, I just didn't care enough about the nature of either Cathy or Frank.
Written and directed by Todd Haynes.
Run time: 1 hour, 48 minutes
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content, brief violence and language.
My personal rating: C+
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