Everything you want from a movie

Rating: 9/10 (20 July 2014)

There are few films that you instantly know will stay with you forever, this is certainly one.
I have to confess that at times I found the upper middle class, West Country, liberal setting a little troubling. But maybe that says more about my own prejudices than anything else. No Mr Curtis, not all our lives are like that. Without this, the movie would have scored a perfect 10.
Exquisite direction, understated acting and a razor sharp script combine to leave the viewer feeling more alive than they have probably ever felt before. This is what cinema is really about. If, as the credits roll at the end of this movie, you do not feel moved and privileged to live in an age when art can be this good, then something is wrong with your wiring. Do your soul a favour and watch this movie....and then watch it again the next day just to savour the wonderful moments it contains.