unresolved, like real life

Rating: 9/10 (29 September 2003)

I enjoyed that the conflicts and stresses that burden the 2 main characters are not resolved in some pat Hollywood ending. It is one thing for a cast and director to get you to believe in and care about characters. It is another thing to respect those characters enough not to have to wrap everything up neatly at the end. Most of what happens in the film is small and charming--gentle humor, wry observation. That's truly a relief from most "big" resolution-oriented movies.