Only Lovers Left Alive **

Jim Jarmusch wrote and directed this Horror/Romance film. Watch Preview. Cast: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright. Rated R for language and brief nudity. Running time is two hours and three minutes.

An underground musician (Hiddleston), deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover (Swinton).

This film has good production values, a good cast and an interesting take on the vampire legend. If that's enough for you, fine. But the story is so lethargic it was hard for me to get  involved. The two leads have been alive for centuries and as a result are very knowledgeable and cosmopolitan. They are presented as nice people who mean no harm to anyone if at all possible. In fact they'd be incredibly interesting dinner guests (as long as you weren't the dinner). So, horror fans are going to find this greatly lacking in horror and the nudity is extremely brief and not at all titillating. Put that all together and you've got two hours of ho hum. If this sounds like something you've been dying to see, I'd hurry...it won't be here long.

There are no additional scenes once the final credits begin. Screen size is unimportant. Theatre/Times.