No Need For All The Negativity [Spoiler]

Terms such as ‘slut’, ‘hate’. ‘borderline personality disorder’ have been hurled at Take This Waltz. Extraordinary, in my opinion.
Many of the critics appear to want to live in a world where divorce does never happen, and if chosen always leads on to deep regret. Get real – face the situation about what is happening in the world. Divorce is a major factor in modern relationships, and we should be grateful that this film has the courage to explore the topic in a sensitive way. This film is a very creditable exploration of how the real presence of divorce does exist – don’t blinker yourself to what has/is/will happen. The plot could be criticised because the lead character walked out of one marriage into a new relationship. I think sociologists really advocate making a final break with one relationship,and exploring one’s position, before heading into a new one, but the film’s writer decided to show us otherwise, but that was a side issue to the factors that led to her decision.
There are several scenes where Margo realizes that her relationship with Lou is not meeting her deep emotional needs, and this comes across very clearly when she finds out that her husband happily admits that he has nothing to talk about during the time they are celebrating their anniversary. Is this situation enough to justify her turning to the artist Daniel? – whatever any single critic might judge it does not decry the fact that many many couples (or one partner) do settle for a divorce rather than carry on in their existing relationship.
There seems to be universal opinion that the final scene with Margo alone in the fair-ground car indicates that she is slipping into regret. I think this interpretation is presumptuous and this scene can be just as validly interpreted as that she has returned to this fair-ground to relive the moment when she most vividly realized the disparity between her and her then husband, and the lively and creative life that Daniel offered to her.
Any film that explores relationship breakups, especially involving infidelity, is likely to possibly be tough to experience, but Take This Waltz is a film for adults and I am glad that I saw it out to the end.