For the Moment

Buy This Item For the Moment by Fox Home Entertainment  Available from Amazon  $12.98  on 11-16-2008     Western Canada, 1942. A handsome Australian named Lachlan (Russell Crowe of The Quick and the Dead, Virtuosity, Gladiator) and other pilots in-training from around the world have the earth below them and a dark cloud over their heads: the life expectancy of a World War ll bomber pilot is six weeks. Now more than ever these brave young men reach out to seize the day. And with each day, loves can form, hearts can break, memories can be forged that will last generations. This "gorgeous-looking, romantic drama" (The Hollywood Reporter) explores the tender wartime romance between Lachlan and a lonely Manitoba farm girl (Christianne Hirt). It glows with the heart-tugging passion of a love that's inevitable yet doomed, and like the pilots and lives it celebrates, it soars. Reader Reviews As a huge fan of Russell Crowe I had to research this movie and give it a try. While it is not as polished a movie as it could have been it still brings an adequate amount of charm and heart and makes for a memorable and satisfying cinematic experience. Crowe stars as Lachlan, a fighter pilot in training who happens to fall in love with a married woman. That woman is Lill, a lonely yet charming woman whose husband is away at war. Lachlan and Lill's relationship is one kept secret from those around them for it is a forbidden love. As the two of them come closer together, Lachlan's inevitable departure to war creeps up on them with stinging effect. `For the Moment' is not a film that I would consider masterful or brilliant. There have been plenty of romantic war epics that have surpassed this without even really trying, but what `For the Moment' has going for it is, like I mentioned, pure charm and heart. A pre-stardom Crowe is magnetic here. While this is far from his more polished and mature roles it is one that shows quite gloriously that he's had the ability all along. Christianne Hirt is marvelous as Lill, emoting loneliness and despair as well as a heightened desire and fire when she meets and falls for Lachlan. Director Aaron Kim Johnston keeps the focus on the budding love affair, so anyone looking for an action filled war film should look the other way. This is not a war film in the literal sense but a film about the war of love and the fact that love takes innocent casualties at will. I'd recommend `For the Moment' to any fan of Crowe; anyone that wants to see where this action giant came from. Unarguably Crowe has become one of our greatest and most respected working actors, but he didn't just fall from the sky; he has roots. `For the Moment' is one of those roots. It's well worth the money and the time and will prove satisfying to the audience. It's superbly acted and wonderfully constructed. No, it's not perfect and yes there are better films to occupy one's time but `For the Moment' has enough going for it to validate a watch through.

For the Moment Available from Amazon Price: $12.98 Updated on 11-16-2008.

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