The way movies should be made: if you believe!

Rating: 10/10 (31 January 2012)

Diane and I just watched this fabulous movie on TV and we are both still moved by all that we saw. I had no idea what I was about to watch so all of these thoughts are purely from the heart. It would be difficult to watch the final minutes of this movie without tears in your eyes because it touched so many pieces of any persons's heart: family and personal death, marriage breakup, family strife plus the year by year struggle to be true to one's art. All of these elements plus many more pepper this sensitive, well acted, well written and well produced movie that is everything that a movie should be and then some. There is no need to mention any person in particular because all of the parts of a modern film were superbly worked: direction, set design, lighting and of course the superb photography. It was all there in spades! It is a rare thing, even with wonderful films, to finish one and be happy that you finally saw it and that something so good did not miss your attention. your attention; this is one of those cinematic moments.