Excellent

Rating: 9/10 (1 October 2006)

This is without a doubt, one of the best Hollywood films in the past decade.
Strongly recommend.
The entire cast -- especially Steve Carrell and the two young performers -- is superb: honest, funny, heartbreaking, human.
The marvellous and underused Alan Arkin is a treasure. His best performance since the original IN-LAWS, which may be the funniest movie ever made.
The "surprise" didn't surprise me...I saw it coming about 20 minutes before it happened -- and yet, the unfolding of the story is such a joy, it didn't make its arrival any less delightful.
Movies like this only get made if they are supported by box office.
See this film. Or don't complain that all movies are garbage.