'Millers in Marriage' Stalls Just When It's Ready to Soar
“Millers in Marriage” may be set in modern times, but the ‘90s are never far from the screen. Writer/director Edward Burns dissects the travails of 50-somethings in mid-life crises. They pine for their younger days, when “Seinfeld” ruled and AOL flooded the zone with Internet CD-ROMs. So does the film, a throwback to storytellers who focused on lost souls seeking life's missing ingredients. Think “Walking and Talking,” “Singles” and, of course, Burns’ “The Brothers McMullen” (1995). Middle-aged malaise rarely gets a sober closeup like this, but too many story arcs fall into predictable ruts and never see their way out.
