The Movie "Two Lovers" on DVD

The movie, "Two Lovers" is a film with a romantic drama genre which features a good team of writers and a star studded cast. The film was written and directed by James Gray with the help of Richard Menello. "Two Lovers" is based on the short story "White Nights" and is set in a Jewish neighborhood in New York City. The film was released in May of 2008, when it made it's debut at the Cannes Film Festival and then made it's limited release in February of 2009. Two Lovers is 100 minutes long and will be released on DVD on June 30th, 2009.

The film begins with an inspiring photographer Leonard, which is played by Joaquin Phoenix, moving back in with his parents in an attempt to try and get over a recent breakup. Along with his photography dreams, Leonard makes a living by working in his father’s dry cleaning business. After a while, Leonard’s parents start to get a bit concerned so they offer to set him up with a beautiful woman named Sandra, who is played by Vinessa Shaw.

The meeting of Sandra and Leonard is successful and the two began dating. Everything is going good for the new couple until everything changes when Leonard notices a new beautiful woman in his apartment building, Michelle, who is played by Gwyneth Paltrow. Leonard can’t stop thinking about Michelle and the two begin to spend time together, even though they are both involved with other people. After spending time together, Michelle and Leonard come to the conclusion they should be together, but the timing is never right and eventually they end up apart.