Two thirds of the movie are about Edward and Florence, a young couple of newlyweds trying to have sex for the first time. This is 1962 and sexual liberation is not quite there yet.
Most of the main sequence of awkward attempts at consummation is played chronologically and interspersed with random flashbacks about Ed and Flo's love story and their families.
Unfortunately, the editing feels clunky and inappropriate to narrate a simple, heartbreaking, failed love story. In fact, I felt as if I was intruding into this couple's life, while simultaneously feeling bored and annoyed at their clumsiness.
The story wraps up with two scenes of how the life of Ed and Flo turned out, which just enhance the whole dreariness of the experience.
PS for those who blame sexual inexperience as main underminer of a marriage, I would like to point out that nowadays even if most people are fully aware about sexuality from an early age, the rate of relationships's failure is sky-high and still growing....
Most of the main sequence of awkward attempts at consummation is played chronologically and interspersed with random flashbacks about Ed and Flo's love story and their families.
Unfortunately, the editing feels clunky and inappropriate to narrate a simple, heartbreaking, failed love story. In fact, I felt as if I was intruding into this couple's life, while simultaneously feeling bored and annoyed at their clumsiness.
The story wraps up with two scenes of how the life of Ed and Flo turned out, which just enhance the whole dreariness of the experience.
PS for those who blame sexual inexperience as main underminer of a marriage, I would like to point out that nowadays even if most people are fully aware about sexuality from an early age, the rate of relationships's failure is sky-high and still growing....