“Love Is Strange,” March 11, 2015 (2014), DVD. Wonderful premise that is under-realized through the script and the production. Ben (John Lithgow) a painter living on SSI and George (Alfred Molina) a music teacher at a Catholic high school, have been together for almost forty years when their worlds change. They marry and, consequently, George is fired by the diocese. Apparently they know no one in NYC after forty years, because even though they can no longer afford their condo and have to sell, they don’t have enough money to get a place together and have to live with separate family members and friends. After decades in the city?. Okay. Ben crashes with his nephew, wife (Marissa Tomei in a very nice turn), and their very bitchy son who is furious about the disruption of his life as he shares a room and bunk bed with his great-uncle. Meanwhile, George crashes on the couch of a young gay couple (who are cops) and real party animals. Adolescent, middle-aged, and older love are paired in their several forms, gay/straight/questioning. I was really looking forward to seeing the film and always enjoy watching Molina, Lithgow and Tomei, who are all quite wonderful. However, it’s a film with many important narrative gaps and some cinematic goofs, and both the pacing and focus of the film gets messed up and too diffuse in several key segments. Still, I’m glad I saw this just to watch Lithgow and Molina work together and to see Tomei dig deeply into her character.