Not perfect but very worthy

Rating: Null/10 (17 April 2000)

This is a really fine film. As the father of an 8 month old baby I identified clearly with the desire to protect a child from all that is harmful and unpleasant. This film is no tear-jerker but it can touch emotions on a number of different levels; parents see a father struggling to keep sane for the sake of his son, some non-parents see a clown and struggle to comprehend the lengths parents might go to to make a child laugh.
The first half is comic genius ( even if it isn't wholly original ) in the second half the comedy turns to black humour, expect to be a little shocked even though nothing distasteful is graphically presented. If this film doesn't touch you then perhaps you've lost something from your life, those of us who enjoy the littlest things in life may make better viewers.