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Return to Montauk
The author Max Zorn, now in his early 60s, is on a promotional book tour in New York when he meets up again with the woman he could never forget. They spend a weekend together. 17 years have passed. Can there be a future for their past?
1 May 1973, Bielefeld, Germany
7 July 1975, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
13 October 1966, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
1972, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
13 June 1951, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
8 February 1949, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
July 20, 2017
Brought to life in the furrowed brows and yearning gazes of the movie's soulful lead performances.
February 15, 2017
Nothing really rings true in Return to Montauk until the pain breaks through and the tears start to flow. Perhaps that's the point.
October 13, 2017
Sadly this Colm Tóibín-assisted effort has none of the warmth of his best work.
August 07, 2017
Volker Schlöndorff becomes romantic in a small, but sincere film. [Full review in Spanish]
February 15, 2017
What energy the picture had in New York's literary world dissipates as the film turns into the kind of conversation which is only really interesting for the two people it concerns.
February 15, 2017
[An] emotionally inert drama about an author trying to reanimate the past.
February 20, 2017
There is also little palpable chemistry between Skarsgard and either of his love interests - making it a challenge to invest in either storyline - which is completely the opposite to Brooklyn, where we couldn't decide which we wanted more.
September 28, 2017
... Return to Montauk is utterly absorbing.
February 15, 2017
"Return to Montauk" is Volker Schlöndorff's tasteful, high-minded Euro-literate version of a Lifetime Movie - and I mean that (mostly) as a compliment.
February 17, 2017
Wolff cuts a fascinating if frustrating figure, and you wish the film would spend a bit more time teasing out who she is, how she lives, and what she sees in a bore like Max.
November 01, 2017
It's main story-line is a mess, too intellectual to tug at the heart strings and too wordy to accurately capture emotion.