I'm a pretty big fan of romance films, but most of them are either too full of love that they become weighted down in ham or they have no love and are really hard to sit through. What's interesting about this film, Marty, is that it is not a love story, but rather a like story. It isn't often that you get to see the natural progression of a relationship in film, but Marty knows exactly how it's done.
The movie is about a butcher, aptly named Marty, in his mid-30s who is constantly being told that he needs to get married. He doesn't have very high self-esteem but it's not that he hasn't tried to find somebody. One night while at a club he happens upon a woman in virtually the same predicament as himself and decides to keep her company for the night. The film centers on the two and their... |
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