Beautiful film

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2004)

This is beautiful simple story of people, personal tragedy and dealing with grief. It is also a story about marital expectations and how when those expectations don't come true people don't learn to adapt in order to save their marriage. Plus it's a story about always keeping the child inside us alive no matter how old we get. Johnny Depp is brilliant as usual and Kate Winslet is extremely good. I was also impressed with Julie Christies' character. She could have been all bad but the writer decided to strike a good balance. The boys were delightful and the play actors were fun to watch as they struggled with their parts. Dustin Hoffman was good in a very small part. It's a magical film and worth at least a wonderful Saturday afternoon matinée with someone you love.