The new film from Irish director John Crowley (Brooklyn, 2015), an unabashed weepie, tells the love story of Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield, with whom Crowley previously worked in 2007’s Boy A). Doing so across jumbled timelines, the film is a clever mixture of the big and small moments of their relationship, beginning with Almut receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis. From there, we witness the traditional milestones, from the two’s meet-cute when Almut hits Tobias with her car, to a short-lived break-up, and eventually, unexpectedly, becoming parents, the creation of a life together which the audience knows in advance will end prematurely. As the film progresses and the details of the characters and the richness of the tale emerge, freshness is found in familiar tropes, helped largely by the committed and engaging performances of its leads. Notes by Kevin Coyne.