LOVE IS LIKE THAT U.S.A. Independent Cinema - Fiction

First-time director Jill Goldman tells this classic love story with warmth and subtlety, in a refreshingly unpretentious style. Lenny and Eloise have many reasons to be cynical about love: she leads a life of overwork and meaningless affairs; he has a violent temper, can’t hold a job and doesn’t trust people. When the pair meet and fal I madly in love, they must struggle to keep outside pressures from destroying their feelings for each other. Goldman elicits fully realized, powerful performances from her actors, and Gary Tieche’s unforced and evocative photography heightens the film’s emotional resonance. -Deborah Mccrae