One of the great pleasures of the movies is watching two beautiful people fall in love before our eyes.
Even if its just pretend, it can transport us and send us out of the theater swooning.
But there needs to be more to it than just that.
Credit: Samuel Goldwyn Films
It feels likeThe English Patientlite.
Based on a novel by J.M.
Ledgard,Submergencestars McAvoy as a British spy named James whose cover identity is as a globe-trotting water engineer.
Vikander is Danny, a bio-mathematician who studies life at the bottom of the ocean.
Who knew scientists had such rich expense accounts?
Sparks fly and soon theyre making love and plans for the future in front of a roaring fire.
But, of course, their duties pull them apart just when things are getting interesting.
The film cuts back and forth between their few days of Harlequin romance bliss and their missions.
