Michael's Movie Grade:A-
Review: Intelligent, funny and moving. A fantastic film.
This film is really great. It is very funny, often times laugh out loud so. However the drama is equal effective. The combination between the drama and comedy is done amazingly. Neither the drama, nor the comedy, get in the way of each other. In fact the compliment each other very well. The comedy makes the drama better and the drama makes the comedy better.
The entire cast for this film are fantastic in their roles. Despite them being well known actors and actresses, you see them as the characters rather than the people playing them. They feel like they are the people their playing. They are very funny, but they never play it in a way that the characters feel less real. This allows the comedy to be as funny as it is and the dramatic scenes to be as great as they are.
The time period used for this film is represented great. It looks very authentic, and allows the film to have a great look different from most films today.
This is simply a great film.
-Michael J. Ruhland
