Love, love, love it, Best Picture 2009

Rating: Null/10 (30 January 2010)

If the story is not a love story, than it is also not about the story, but more, the source of story, which is always, character. I would love to tell you that this film wasn't about a break-up — but it is. I would love to tell you that this is a magical love story (which it kinda is) where "boy meets girl (which happens), boy falls in love with girl (which definitely happens), and they both live happily ever after (which actually also happens, sorta)" but like real life — it's a bit more complicated than that.
This is one of those films where you simply fall in love with the characters both because of the performances and the writing, and in the case of Levitt and Deschanel, their odd, sexy total package. I am waiting to see if Deschanel becomes an enduring star, but Levitt is the real thing as evidenced by an extraordinary range from comedy to very painful drama to violent intensity to raw sexuality to pathos...
Love, love, love it, Best Picture 2009