Great movie

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2006)

I just got back from watching it at my local Rialto Theatre. I'm still not quite sure how I feel about it. I was certainly moved. Cried twice, especially in the closing scene. I think it was masterfully handled. I must admit, I was surprised. As I left the theatre I looked at the faces around me. There were loners there, couples, groups. Men, women, young, and old. Actually, I saw a lot of elderly people there. Perhaps it's due to the neighbourhood the cinema is in, or maybe that's just a testimony to how times have changed, and how people can recognise a good film when they see one. The love between Ennis and Jack still resonates. And for a drama, there are quite a number of 'funny' scenes, mainly because everything we see and hear spoken is true, that we know someone just like that, or have reacted the same way ourselves (Jack's Thanksgiving dinner and Lureen's response is a prime example). It is a love story...one that is hard to tell, but that still needs to be told, and thank goodness it was.