Jeff Lipsky's touching, poignant, and strikingly honest portrayal of a young couple's long-term relationshipfrom the initial meeting during a tempestuous blind date to their highly libidinous courtship to their marriage and ultimate downfallengenders a film that, for once, is truly deserving of the comparison to the inimitable work of John Cassavetes and Mike Leigh.
Quiet (no music that I can remember, less the title credits and the absolutely fantastic original song from the trailer that was tacked on to the end credits), stark, and extremely naturalistic in its execution, FLANNEL PAJAMAS is one of those truly adult films in line with the ilk of Mike Nichols' CLOSER, in which there is no room for clichés, no time for hackneyed aphorisms, and only an earnest reality presented in a forum that is always vivifying, sometimes humorous, and wholly infused with the utmost humanity.
