The best thing about 'Like Sunday, Like Rain' is that it portrays what is basically a love story between an adult woman and a twelve year old boy and doesn't sexualize it. By the end of the film I was impressed that the writer and director did not go down that road. In light of that, I really enjoyed watching a connection between two people that could be described as love without the influence of lust. Even when Eleanor and Reggie visited Eleanor's family, I held my breath, waiting to see if any of them would broach the subject. None of them did. In a way, the subject of sexuality was both opened and closed early on by Reggie's friend who, when speaking to Reggie, referred to Eleanor as "his hot nanny." And Reggie dismissed the comment.
That said, I have to admit I was kind of disappointed by the ending though I understand the rationale for it. It's practical and clean. There is a break between the characters, but each of them is left better off by the relationship by solidifying their own relationships with their creativity. I guess because I so enjoyed the love aspect, I thought there could have been a reference to the future, e.g., one of them could have said, let's get together in ten years. Or, after they each go their own way, there could have been a screen that said, "Ten Years Later" and then a scene in the future in which they bump into each other on a NYC street (or wherever).
Then again, a sequel is most definitely implicated.
That said, I have to admit I was kind of disappointed by the ending though I understand the rationale for it. It's practical and clean. There is a break between the characters, but each of them is left better off by the relationship by solidifying their own relationships with their creativity. I guess because I so enjoyed the love aspect, I thought there could have been a reference to the future, e.g., one of them could have said, let's get together in ten years. Or, after they each go their own way, there could have been a screen that said, "Ten Years Later" and then a scene in the future in which they bump into each other on a NYC street (or wherever).
Then again, a sequel is most definitely implicated.