I laughed. I cried.

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2004)

A visceral film, in many ways a throwback to the golden era of the 1950s. The first half is light and comedic, the perfect precursor to the much darker, and emotionally intense second half, to an ending that could all too easily have been belaboured, but isn't. I occasionally get watery watching truly tragic films, but this one more than any other I can recall.