Wonderful character development!

Let's be realistic.

Best movie ever!

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The movie is excellent. Beautifully directed, great screenplay, but the acting... Oh, God! The acting! Charlotte Rampling deserved six Oscars for her performance! I just couldn't stop watching. She is really, really good. You may or may not like the movie, but you can't not like Charlotte Rampling. Just watch it for her. You won't regret it.

The story of 45 Years is so profoundly told by the interior lives of the characters. Rampling's facial expressions tell so much, yet at the end I could not determine if she would stay in the marriage or leave, as she simply could no longer live with the ghost of her husband's past love. Anyone else feel this way?

Oh dear. What can I say except I feel as if I have aged 45 years watching this feature. The low budget UK film focuses on the 45th wedding anniversary of Kate and Geoff Mercer (Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courteney). Shortly prior to the anniversary party Geoff receives the news that his pre-marriage sweetheart has been found frozen and preserved in a Switzerland glacier. Kate is shocked to discover that Geoff is the next of kin as the Swiss authorities were wrongly under the impression that the dead lady and Geoff were married. To cut a long (and dreary) story short Kate feels not worthy. Kate is a retired schoolteacher with the mannerisms of Mrs. McCluskie off eighties UK TV drama Grange Hill. I can imagine Norfolk couple Kate and Geoff discussing the merits of the pedestrianisation of Norwich City Centre over the dinner table!Certainly a film I won't ever watch again. It has the production values of an episode of a low budget TV program and the boredom factor to boot.

My feelings about this film have been expressed very well by other reviewers. I will just add a few details.First of all, it's a little bit rare to see a film about an elderly couple, which I think is a plus. The actors are top-notch, which is also a plus.Having said that, this seems to be a film about nothing. We understand that the husband is secretly obsessed with a woman who died some fifty years ago. We also understand that the wife is distressed by his obsession with his deceased ex-lover.Perhaps I have seen too many movies where there is an interesting arc, or some kind of payoff at the end. This film has no such arc or payoff.It's like watching a slice of real life, which is mainly rather dull. What's wrong with a film about real life? Nothing. However, I want to be entertained when I watch a movie. I want to be engaged with the characters and to feel something at the end.This is more like watching a pointless video diary of two unhappy people.