Brilliant, I'm smiling now thinking about it

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2008)

All the performances were great.
Catherine Keener as the total, utter bitch Maxine .. I really wanted to hit her in the face - more than once during watching .. but she had this other side, a calm likable side .. you wouldn't actually be able to .. she didn't all-out ask for it.
Cameron Diaz .. so sweet and adorable .. you felt hurt when Craig locked her in at home.. it's amazing how sensitively her relationship with Maxine is portrayed .. it's completely normal, and natural and the end when they're happy just the two of them and their kid, THEIR child, that's really wonderful ..
Craig you sort of feel sorry for, and there's a great scene when him and Lottie are staring at Maxine (she's so cool about it) - then they jump at her face to kiss her .. that's a hilarious moment .. then when she leaves and they're left on the sofa, they're both almost crestfallen .. that picture's stuck in my mind.
The funniest line though has to be when John Malkovich says with some menace 'I'll see you in court!' .. Craig not worried the slightest goes 'Don't forget I'll see you seeing me in court' .. that's so funny, and it makes you laugh at how absurd the whole situation is Clever twist at the end, with Malkovich and Charlie Sheen both going into the room full of Emily's photos..
Well worth watching, and again, and what a great idea, for a floor 7 and a 1/2