REVIEW OF ELEGY

Read More Here:: "What might attract a beautiful young woman, of too romantic a character to be lured by mere money, to a man some 30 years her senior?

It could be his air of worldly knowledge, certainly, but more likely the human wisdom and kindness that accrue with age. The latter two qualities, however, are not ones easily associated with David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), a divorced, womanising professor who is forcefully attracted to a student, the Cuba-born Consuela Castillo (Pen�lope Cruz).

When he finally gets close enough to talk to her at a party, she begins to tell him about her family and her interests, and he muses to himself that he is only enduring the chat because he wants to 'f--- her'.

Since Elegy (15) is based on Philip Roth's short novel The Dying Animal, it comes as little surprise to find ourselves in the unabashed territory of male sexual desire."