The Only Thrill: A Ride Through Time and Love

Alright, my friends, gather ’round while I spill the beans over a cuppa java on this film called *The Only Thrill*. Now, we’ve got Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard lighting up the screen — that’s a pair you don’t see often, right? But before we dive into the heart of this flick, lemme share a quirky memory from my own life. Scheisse, it’s like someone pulled a scene right outta my teenage years in a little Swedish town. You remember those long summer nights, waiting for a secret romance that never happened, right? Anyway, keep that somewhere in your noggin as you keep reading.

So, the movie. It’s like looking at a painting in the wrong light — you kinda sense there’s beauty but you’re squinting to see it. Director Peter Masterson, known for *The Trip to Bountiful*, delivers a tale that stitches together a tapestry of love lost and found, but sometimes it feels like your grandma’s old quilt. Comfortable, yes, but not exactly Pinterest material. Oh well, it’s nostalgic, and who doesn’t love a bit of that?

The storyline waltzes through different decades, and I’m not sure, maybe it’s just me, but sometimes I felt like it was trying too hard to throw me offbeat with its time jumps. I guess that’s the thrill part of it, huh? And boy, Sam Shepard’s rugged charm tries to carry the weight of decades of missed chances. It’s like he walks onto the screen straight from a rustic café somewhere in Skåne.

Here’s the deal, I couldn’t quite shake off the lingering melancholy. It feels like the movie’s theme song, if it had one (which it doesn’t, thank Odin), would be one of those sad ballads you hear on a rainy day in Gothenburg. And Diane Keaton, while enchanting as ever, doesn’t get enough juice to showcase her chops, in my opinion.

In the end, *The Only Thrill* whispers questions about choices and life’s winding paths, and maybe it resonates with a few of our own life hiccups. For anyone who’s ever found themselves pining over what-coulda-beens while eating kanelbullar over coffee, this one might just tug at those heartstrings.

So, would I recommend it? Kinda, sorta, maybe. If you’ve got an hour or so over to spend.

Check the trailer below