Great, simply great

Rating: 9/10 (27 February 2007)

I thought (yes, actually thought) that my family was the only one in the world that was this dysfunctional. This moves affirms for all of us that, really, we're not that bad and just need a bit of help and a bit of love. What a tremendously powerful film for one so simple. Before you ask, yes, I'm the control freak father, OK? But all the members of my family are here and I hope they see this film because when the characters in this film say they love each other you can tell it's true - doesn't matter how stuffed up they are or how much they've fought or argued. The little girl in this is simply divine. I still can't work out how someone who's seven in the movie (so, what? a young-looking nine-year-old?) can act so well. It's a road movie - has all the road movie cliché stops at road houses, vehicle breakdowns etc etc - but is so much more too. Best movie of 2006. The Departed was number two.