Falling in Love
Year: 1984
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Ulu Grosbard
Cast: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Harvey Keitel, Jane Kaczmarek, George Martin, David Clennon
Crew: Ulu Grosbard (Director), Michael Cristofer (Writer), Santo Loquasto (Production Design), Dave Grusin (Original Music Composer), Bill Wylie (Sound Effects Editor), Les Fresholtz (Sound Mixer)
Runtime: 102 minutes
Release: Nov 21, 1984
IMDb: 6.68/10 by 366 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 12,000,000
Revenue: 11,129,057

Considering the star power of this movie, I think the story could have been a bit stronger. I don’t mind a juicy coincidence to get a movie ignited, but this story depended upon them so much, perhaps it should have been called It Must be Fate. Netflix categorized this as a Christmas movie, because it begins and ends a year apart during the holiday season. But in between it is a romance. Nothing against Meryl Streep’s character, but Frank (De Niro’s character) lost interest in his attractive, supportive, and funny wife and good mom to their kids in favor of an attractive, funny woman who could lead to his losing his kids. That’s true love, I guess. As for Streep’s Molly, her husband didn’t seem like a prize. But I think the story should have shown those spouses a bit more. More depth. Still, it was fine. Okay, move along, nothing more to see here.