Modern Love is a Prime Video anthology series inspired by The New York Times column of the same name. The first season featured star turns from the likes of Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, and Dev Patel. In Season 2, showrunner John Carney gets to infuse a bit more of his native Irish sensibility into the series.
At least, in the third episode, "Strangers on a Train." The 35 minute love story is based on a short column written during the height of the pandemic about a meet cute undone by the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. Carney reinvents the story using film references, musical interludes, and Ireland as a setting. It is, as fans of Once and Sing Street, will note, the first time John Carney has gone full "John Carney" in the anthology. The Game of Thrones star is adorable and electric, making a strong case for a rom-com franchise of his own in the sixth episode of the season, Train.
Lucy Boynton, too, makes it instantly believable why someone would fall hopelessly in love with her over a short train ride. It's the meet cute of most romantic kind as a techie and a medievalist bump into each other. There are impromptu songs, some stoner comedy, a lot of witty dialogue and what's best is that it's all set in the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic.
The two, on their way back home on the cusp of a lockdown, decide to meet at the railway station two weeks later, giving each other not their phone numbers, but a chance at an old-school romance. However, the pandemic obviously had a longer stay in mind when it came visiting, without much concern for any cute love stories it may have destroyed. Amazon Prime Video series is bringing back another season of the popular anthology series Modern Love. Inspired by real life stories submitted in The New York Times' weekly column of the same, the second season manages to recreate the magic of the first season. In fact, it is safe to say that it does better with stories revolving around relatable meet-cutes, passionate romances and life-altering second chances. Like the first season, we kick things off with a bang with probably the best of the current batch of episodes.
Minnie Driver stars as a happily remarried woman whose only connection to her dead husband is an old sports car that keeps on breaking down on her and may, finally, need to be put out to pasture. Unsurprisingly, this one was written and directed by John Carney. Modern Love boss John Carney just couldn't pass up the chance to shoehorn COVID-19 into Season 2.
The season's third episode puts a romantic spin on Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train with a story that sees two strangers meet on a train from Galway to Dublin on March 13, 2020. The two hit it off, but rather than exchange numbers, they decide to meet back at the train station in two weeks… and then a pandemic shuts down Ireland . After 18 months of pandemic-ness, it's extremely uncompelling to watch people weigh their personal desires against their obligations to society at large, and then proceed to make a choice that does nothing to further the common good. Amazon Prime's anthology comedy series, created by John Carney and based on the New York Times column, features Anna Paquin, Minnie Driver and Garrett Hedlund in its second season . The third episode follows two attractive strangers named Michael and Paula , who strike up a conversation on a train in Ireland, which is preparing for a two-week lockdown at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Being hopeless romantics, they forego exchanging phone numbers and simply decide to meet again at the same train station two weeks later, once the shutdown is "over."
Amazon Prime's anthology comedy series, created by John Carney ("Sing Street") and based on the New York Times column, features Anna Paquin, Minnie Driver and Garrett Hedlund in its second season . If there's one genre that people won't ever stop watching, it's got to be love stories. I'm not talking about the stereotypical, cliched rom-coms that do no justice to the real deal. Instead, it is all about revising the frame and take, keeping up with the ever-changing dynamics of relationships. And the Amazon Prime Video series is a testament that when done well, love can move mountains. And while the second season showed promise with its trailer, the episodes go beyond the expectations to make one smile, swoon, sob and more.
And it makes all the more difference and impact because you know it's a real story. Acclaimed anthology series Modern love We'll be back on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, August 13th, with a new star-studded cast. Kit harington Wow Lucy Boynton While on a cross-country train in Ireland, and Garrett Hedlund And Anna Paquin Spark romance on the screen.
In the meantime, Minnie driver Offering a heartbreaking performance as a woman who has lost the love of her life. Although this series of Modern Love is more diverse and adventurous than the first run, which was justly criticised for spending too long in a comfortable, stylised New York, the metropolitan whimsy hasn't entirely gone away. It is present in The Night Girl, a tale of two fusspots trying to overcome the fact that one of them prefers to sleep all day and roam the city at night. The underlying metaphor, about letting a potential partner into our peculiar bubble, doesn't compensate for a story that is largely about a couple failing to organise brunch. Unlike the rousing highs of the first season's opening episode, 'When the Doorman Is Your Main Man' (the Guzmin episode, which remains one of the show's best), Season 2 starts off on a more somber note.
In 'The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy,' a woman with delayed sleep phase syndrome falls in love. He lives his life in the day, and she can only function at night. While it is hardly a series highlight, I enjoyed the specificity of their equation, and what it says about the sacrifices we make for those we hold dear. The question now is, will Modern Love make you fall in love with Season 2? You will like it in parts, depending on what your story is.
You might find resonance in the strangers on the train who read Jon Ronson's So You've Been Publicly Shamed instead of spending their time glued to a screen; or you might see yourself in the estranged spouses at the therapist's. What the series does do though is reassure you, even if you're dealing with a particularly abrupt cold turkey of a relationship and have almost sworn off love, that there's still love out there. They set up a meeting at that train station, 15 days from the day they arrive in Dublin. No address, no phone number, no full names; heck, not even a first name except 'Paula'.
For people who believe in fate and all that jazz, this is just the perfect story. She is the love of his life, he tells his sceptic of a brother. You should go to the station , her mother tells her. They set off on bicycles, sweet-talking cops, dodging barricades and breaking lockdown. And somewhere above them, Love lets out another of 'em smirks. I tried, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who put in the hours, but John Carney's mawkish and, occasionally, manipulative anthology series has really tested my patience this year.
If you'll recall, the first season of Modern Love was based entirely in New York. This time, it jumps the pond for a couple of stints in London and Dublin, and hey, it's sort of fun to watch Jon Snow from Game of Thrones leggin' it across town in search of his one true love. They haven't spoken for a while though, as they don't live in the same country, and as of August 13—the day Modern Love Season 2 lands on Amazon Prime—Cecilia has yet to tell him their little love story is going to be in a TV show. The first episode of Modern Love Season 2 titled The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy features Gbenga Akinnagbe and Zoë Chao playing a couple whose relationship is tested as the latter's character battles with delayed sleep phase syndrome. Though not as memorable as Anne's episode in season 1, Gbenga and Zoë authentically showcase, with their heartfelt performances, how love can triumph anything but that it also requires tremendous work and sacrifice from both sides. Concluding, the final episode titled Second Embrace, With Hearts and Eyes Open centers on Tobias Menzies and Sophie Okonedo, playing a divorced couple with two adorable daughters who find their way back to each other.
With an illness added to the mix, we see a man's undevoted attention to his ex-wife, in spite of the obvious distance, and how time can heal the wounds that first separated them with growing up and maturity playing the key factor. Giving love another chance is shown beautifully by Tobias and Sophie. The timing of Modern Love S2 couldn't have been more apt because now, more than ever, we need to believe in the validation of love and all its wonderfully quirky facets. Interestingly, the COVID-19 pandemic was used as the backdrop to what I consider to have been the best episode of season 2. Simply titled Strangers on a Train, the episode features Kit Harington and Lucy Boynton, who indulge in a Before Sunrise-style meet-cute. He's an advertising techie while she's a medievalist, who strike up a worthy conversation and are swiftly left besotted by the other.
Instead of exchanging numbers, they take the old school romance route and promise to meet up at the same train station two weeks from their first encounter. But it was' In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses' that I was most taken by this season. A man bumps into the ex-wife's of the man his wife left him for. The two, whose spouses left them for each other, form their own unlikely bond. It is a wildly entertaining one-liner, and everything about its opening few minutes screams bland, predictable rom-com. And yet, director John Crowley and writer Susan Soon He Stanton's episode goes far beyond its promising premise.
Instead, it is the far more sensitive, sensual, and personal second episode that is among the standouts of this new season. ' is written and directed by actor Andrew Rannells, based on a column he wrote himself. Two young men see each other on opposite sides of the road. As they gradually come closer, they are reminded of their first and only date, as flashbacks recount the evening they shared. Despite its gimmick, of edging towards each other ever so slowly, wearing thin after a point, it is a beautiful format — the idea of two people passing each other and their entire history coming to light in those few precious moments. Boynton stars opposite Harington as his love interest in episode three.
Before departing the train they first met on, the two strangers agree to meet in the same spot in exactly two weeks. But to their dismay, the country shuts down due to a worldwide pandemic. Prior to her role on Modern Love, Boynton starred in Bohemian Rhapsody and The Politician. Rather than exchanging numbers, the two agree to the much more romantic option of meeting again on the same train two weeks later. But when the lockdown proves to be a lot longer and more intense than either could have predicted, a romantic gesture becomes something much more challenging.
Zoe and Jordan aren't my favourite couple this season (they're both a bit hard to like at times), but this is easily one of the most memorable episodes of Modern Love to date. The second season of an anthology of eight short films, each telling the story of romantic love in the modern world, based on the true stories told in a famous New York Times column called "Modern Love". Based on the popular New York Times column of the same name, Amazon Prime's anthology series Modern Love is a delight. The episodes, which run around 30 minutes each, are like mini-movies instantly dropping viewers into a story they know nothing about and pulling them in with beautiful, poignant tales about love, life, and loss.
Now Harington has hung up his bulky black fur coat for a lighter role in the new season of "Modern Love," based on The New York Times column about real-life love stories. Each episode tells a different story with different actors. MOLV 108This episode alternates between the past, a love story between Margot and Kenji , and the present, during Kenji's funeral. Margot and Kenji are an older couple who connect over their love of running.
The two decided to take their love slowly because of Kenji's difficulty in recovering from the death of his wife, who had died six years prior. Their relationship began to progress quickly after Kenji suggested they sleep together after a marathon they ran together. After the funeral, Margot decides to go for another run and passes by young couples in love, including characters from previous episodes. Margot compares herself to these young couples, considering her own age and experience with relationships. In episode three of season 2, titled, "Strangers on a Dublin Train", there is a short and witty reference to 'Game Of Thrones'.
In the scene, we see Kit Harrington, who is playing the character of Michael, have an endearing first meet moment with the medievalist Paula, played by Lucy Boynton, in a train. Micheal talks about his new love interest with his brother Declan , where the brother goes on to say, "OK. " To which Michael had a very strange and angered response. The purpose of the episode is to shine a light on perspective, and how the two remember the night differently, an idea that did not come through seamlessly for me. That sometimes life can happen to you in the scariest ways, and all you have for comfort and support is someone you barely know.
A sudden crisis can forever bind unfamiliar souls. A casual date instinctively and immediately becomes something more. And even if you never see each other again, it does not change the fact that in that moment, for that time, this person meant something to you, and that cannot be nothing. Season two boasts powerful storylines about second chances, soulmates, sexuality, and grief, and there might even be a pandemic love story in there.
Much like the columns they're based on, the Modern Love episodes are personal and revealing and will definitely move you to tears. And none of that would be possible without season two's cast, which is stacked with A-list talent. Minnie Driver, Kit Harington, Dominique Fishback, Lucy Boynton, and Garrett Hedlund are just a few of the familiar faces you can expect to see on your screen. Get acquainted with the main cast in the slides ahead.
One is like Before Sunrise had it been directed by John Ford, and stars Kit 'Handsome Rogue' Harington and Lucy 'Galway Girl' Boynton as a couple of beautiful eejits who meet on the Galway-Dublin train the week the pandemic hits. Naturally, because they're both gorgeous, sparks fly, and they agree to meet up in two weeks. But — here's the catch — they don't exchange numbers. I'm sorry, but from that point on, it is impossible to root for such illogical, cloudy-eyed bananaheads.
Harington's episode of Modern Love, which aired on Friday, Aug. 13, was titled "Strangers on a Train." The anthology series put Harington's character Michael on a train, where he meets a medievalist named Paula . In the episode, he ends up telling his bro Declan about the chance meet-cute, and that's where the glorious joke comes in. Asking about what she's into, Declan says, "OK. So, like Game of Thrones and stuff?" Michael was not a fan of the reference, but Harington himself says he actually loved the joke. Anne Hathaway stars as Lexi, a successful entertainment lawyer who is bipolar—a secret she has kept from employers, colleagues, friends, and romantic prospects. When Lexi and Jeff meet cute in a grocery store produce section, it seems like romance is in the air.
That is, until Lexi is unable to be honest about the high highs and the low lows of her disease. The episode deftly takes the viewer inside Lexi's condition; when she's on a high, she's the star of a Broadway musical or a TV comedy . When she's on a low, everything is gray and drab and she can't get out of bed.
Now Harington has hung up his bulky black fur coat for a lighter role in the new season of "Modern Love," based on The New York Times column about real-life love stories. Each episode of the anthology series, which is based on the column of the same name in The New York Times, tells a different, self-contained story about love. Modern Love explores "love in its multitude of forms – including sexual, romantic, familial, platonic, and self love," which are presented in eight half-hour episodes.
The Amazon series, based on the New York Times column of the same name, adapts different love stories taking place in New York City. However, I would take the cliches over whatever Anna Paquin and Garrett Hedlund's episode, In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses, was trying to be. It goes from whimsical to weird in an instant and never with any subtlety.
Garrett plays a war veteran whose wife cheats on him with the husband of Anna's character. The cheated-ons meet at a counsellor's office and kick-start a romance of their own. On paper, it can seem complicated and worthy of a Modern Love episode but the treatment of it was far from it.
The day dream sequences seem unnecessary and the performances are too one-note to register. Two years later, Modern Love returns with eight new, more relatable stories inspired by the popular The New York Times column, about love in New York City. Of course, the short, 30-minute runtime helps when the stinkier ones arrive, but it also feels like a tragically small time when you want to watch more of Kit Harington and Lucy Boynton's Before Sunrise-but-make-it-Edgar Wright love story.
