Al and Marion Mazur, courtesy OWN
LOVE ETC.
Friendly Rating: Elementary and older
Safety Rating: Minor language issues, some smoking and drinking
Quality Rating: Very charming and sweet and often bittersweet
Film airs tonight at 8 p.m. on OWN.
Finding, sharing and experiencing romantic love is one of those things we say makes the world go ’round. So filmmaker Jonathan Tisch set out to explore love and how we experience its different stages by looking at three couples and two single guys.
Al and Marion Mazur have been married almost 50 years. She’s almost 90 and suffering from dementia, but the two are still in love with each other. Ethan is divorced and starting over. Gabriel and Danielle are each other’s first loves, but they will soon graduate from high school. Scott currently has no one to partner with, so he decides to have his kids without a partner. Chitra and Mahendra are engaged and in the process of getting married.
It’s a sweet little film that’s also rather sad in its way. There’s Al and Marion’s story – which is inspiring and sad. Gabriel and Danielle are not going to college together. Ethan starts a relationship that doesn’t go anywhere (although I was not impressed by the woman, myself).
Safety-wise, there are issues with the language, but it’s just a word or two here and there. Since Scott is gay, he has a surrogate bear his children, as described in song by two women friends. The song isn’t entirely discreet (there’s a line about looking at porn in a sterilized room) but isn’t overly descriptive, either.
You may want to ask your children what they think of the couples and what they go through. If you have a teen in the throes of first love, it might be illuminating. Either way, it’s a sweet look at something we’re all very interested in.
