stephencon's run-ons

It's probably my enthusiasm for "Laurel Canyon" that made me want to see TKAAR and I was disappointed. Nothing happened in the last act. I didn't find anything cathartic in Julianne Moore's confessional set-piece. The movie was praised as insightful about marriage (gay or straight) but long-married people can practically read each other's minds, communicating with a shrug or a glance, unlike the adolescent out-pourings on-screen. The Mexican gardener sub-plot was telling because everything was played from Moore's point of view. We're meant to laugh at a well-meaning, hard-working character and then feel empathy for the selfish confusion of Moore's. Ruffalo's was the one redeeming performance for me and, especially, my wife who was delighted by his sexual charisma. He was essentially reprising Warren Beatty's performance in "Shampoo." My only real laugh came in his scene with Laser about how he donated sperm for real money - $60 or $90 adjusted for inflation.