Beautiful, Poignant, and Funny, with a Timeless message about Love, Family, and Time

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2017)

This is an incredible movie for I believe it's a romantic comedy with a deep, poignant message that is purposely intended primarily for men. I've watched this movie two times now and both times it has made me cry. Both times it's made me focus on what's most valuable in life.
The point I feel the writer and director wanted to make here is about our precious relationships, particularly between father and son, and the importance and temporal nature of time. Time, like our lives, is a vapor that will quickly disappear. Enjoy each day like it's our last. Make life enjoyable for others in your life. Great humor. Sublime, subtle acting, particularly from Bill Nighy and Domhnall Gleeson (carefully watch the subtle nuances in their faces throughout every scene). Richard Curtis is one of the finest British writers and directors of the modern era, always managing to capture and fuse love, emotion, and humor.
I am super critical of movies and I'm very hard to please where films are concerned, but this movie is one of the best I have ever seen and moved me in a way I have never been moved before with a movie. Great acting, extremely well written, funny, poignant, and an excellent cast. It's extraordinary the way this movie was written to elicit such emotion from the viewer, especially men. Be prepared to change the way you view your relationship with your father, and the precious, transient nature of time.