Collider
Does the longevity of a marriage indicate its quality, or is it simply a marker of time, weighed down by the same issues that plague many other marriages? This question is put to the test in writer/director Andrew Haigh’s intimate, emotionally haunting drama 45 Years, which offers a portrait of a marriage during the week of a couple’s 45th wedding anniversary. While the film is deliberately paced, Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay deliver absolutely transcendent performances that pierce even the most hardened of hearts as viewers witness the potential dissolution of a decades-long union.
On June 20, 1975 Steven Spielberg terrorised the inhabitants of Amity with the release of Jaws.
From Cinelinx:
When the past pops up unexpectedly shortly before a couple celebrates their 45th wedding anniversary, their entire relationship comes into question. It's an interesting premise with strong characters who paint an emotional picture.
The Atlantic
45 Years begins the way many tense mysteries do—with a dark secret being unearthed. But this is no Nordic crime thriller, or horror film about monsters emerging from the deep. The cold case that’s reopened in 45 Years is a romance, involving a long-ago love of Geoff’s (Tom Courtenay) who died in a hiking accident decades ago. The news that her body has finally been found begins Andrew Haigh’s quietly taut drama, and slowly infects Geoff’s marriage to Kate (Charlotte Rampling) just as they prepare to celebrate their 45th anniversary.
Charlotte Rambling is boss. Loved her on Dexter.