A-list actors saddled with a dull script

One of the most poignantly beautiful and heart breaking films. Charlotte Rampling should have walked off with an Oscar!

Please don't waste your precious time on this specious offering. I put my copy straight into the bin, that is one less copy circulating in the world.

With how subtle the couple's relationship problems are addressed, Rampling's character is felt through the scenes. This film shows that on the surface, marriages can be long and happy on the surface until the past re-emerges. The cinematography and editing really makes it even more genuine.

Rampling's performance is a masterclass in subtlety and I appreciate that Haigh kept the movie short because it's so achingly sad.

This excellent screenplay jumps right into events of 50 years ago. Clearly troubled, the husband's reaction is noticed by his wife. The ending left me sad. SPOILER ALERT: It also leaves me wondering if he is a murderer.

Quiet and subtle, but packs a devastating punch. Amazing performance my Charlotte Rampling.

First of all, the film is worth watching for the intimacy of the camera work and the superb acting. Critics gave it 97% while the audience score was around 67% and, ironically, I believe this is due to what is supposed to the its main strength, the ending. Kate finds out, a la "Rebecca" that she has been fighting the dead lover of her husband kept alive by his memories both physical and nostalgic The denoument is revealed in the lyrics of a very famous crooner's song as she begins to realise the importance of them to her relationship. I won't name the song. It is laughable when someone takes the trouble to put pen to paper and set up meetings to have the thing produced and people like myself suggest " What you should have done is ..." However here goes. The ending is perhaps too subtle and there are other possible reasons for Kate's demenour in the final seconds. Firstly, I actually thought she was "losing it", something sort of hinted about her husband. Secondly, at one point when she was looking at the slides in the loft and discovered that her adversary had been expecting I thought perhaps she would realise that her husband had killed his former partner on the mountain top for declaring she was leaving him and going off with the guy that had teamed up with them and with whom she was connecting. He actually declares to Kate her laughter drove him mad. Sadly, it was not to be and it did engender a sort of let down. That said I am glad I watched it.

It was slow starting but then it really got my attention. Very well acted. I Loved it and may watch it again.

The outstanding Rampling shines in this suprisingly gritty drama. Does have it's flat spots but overall a good movie.

I loved the "quotidian" aspect of this film. the couple is truly 'intimate', in this slice from a week of their life. I also read the short story, after. Ohhh, but I'm shaking my fist at the ending!!!!

As Kate and Geoff (Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) prepare for their 45th anniversary celebration, Geoff receives news that the body of his girlfriend from half a century earlier has been found encased in ice on a Swiss glacier. 45 Years follows the couple over a one-week period as Geoff struggles to reconcile the news and Kate begins to reassess their relationship as the story of the missing girl unfolds. The methodical pace is effective in capturing the internal struggles of the couple as they come to terms with their realities. Director Andrew Haigh relies on lengthy takes and slow zooms to capture the ever-increasing suffering, all of which leads to the somber final scene. As Kate astutely opines earlier in the film: "It's funny how you forget the things in life that make you happy."

Complete waste of time. No real depth to the story

Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are superb in this minimalistic low key drama, as a retired couple a week away from their 45th wedding anniversary. When Geoff (Courtenay) learns that Swiss authorities have found the body of his previous girlfriend Katya, who died whilst hiking 50 years previously, Kate (Rampling) is initially supportive, but as past history comes to light slowly becomes upset and resentful. It's a masterclass in acting, as facial expressions begin to tell more than the script ever could, it's heartfelt and heartbreaking, and an extraordinary portrayal of a couple that have been married for so long.

Scripts that assume the intelligence of the viewer - i.e. they don't continually beat you over the head with the obvious - are so much more satisfying. 45 years is all nuance and subtlety; Courtney and especially Rampling convey the movie's ideas with their technique and do so brilliantly.

This film is incorrectly tagged as a romance/drama. Its classic art-house, the opposite of a melodrama and the opposite of a feel-good movie. Utterly depressing. It's a beautiful intelligent story with exceptional acting but the film's too long for such a short story. The time is filled with beautifully bleak cinematography and many long shots to give us time to ponder on these characters' depressing futile lives and marriage. I loved the thought-provoking story, storytelling, and acting, but wished it was a lot shorter.

Touching and sophisticated portrait of a relationship

L'estrema semplicità del film non può essere considerata il suo unico difetto perché è esattamente il suo più grande pregio. Forse non sarò esattamente il target di pubblico ideale per questa pellicola chiaramente improntata per spettatori più "anziani", ma percepisco con chiarezza un messaggio morale davvero esemplare. Tutto viene trasmesso con intelligenza e sensibilità, con una regia ponderata ed una narrazione essenziale e dritta al punto. Il talento dei due attori protagonisti conferisce autenticità ad un film che mi ha sinceramente stupito.

This is adult filmmaking at it's best. Acting, scripts, sets and costume are all spot on. The subtle performances are a delight as actors delve into an intelligent script that speaks to a long, traditional marriage. Outstanding performances!

The movie is so touching, and emotional. The ending completes the movie when she realises that she has been living another life like his husband's love of life for him and he realises that his wife is his grand love who has been married to him for 45 years.