Fantastic, lost for words

Rating: 9/10 (26 August 2009)

Just brilliant, started off a bit weirdly, but got better an better as it went on. It was so beautifully written. It did get a little confusing with all the time-jumps but all becomes clear towards the end before the final really emotional scene. I don't think I've ever cried so much at a film in my life. James McAvoy and Kiera Knightley are totally believable and are so good together in this film it actually seems real. But the plot is so deep it's only sort of half-way through when you begin to realise that the film is not in fact about them but about her sister. By the time the end came along I was staring open-mouthed at the screen just not believing that this is how they would end it, it was the perfect ending for what the film's about. And the scene at the Normandy beach is superb too. Liked it so much more than No Country for Old Men, this should have won the Ocsar.