Stick with it.

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2004)

A very gentle film, slow starting, paints a picture as it creeps up and grabs you when you least expect it. Not the archetypal "comedy" it's described as, the humour is subtle but appreciable. However, a marvelous study of the main characters and their growing feelings for each other. Bill Murray plays the film star who's at a crossroads in his life - his conversations with his stay-at-home wife provide a telling insight into their relationship. She's more concerned about the colour of their new carpet whilst he's verging on inner turmoil in his feelings for the newly married Johansson, although he doesn't need asking twice when she invites him into her company. Well worth sticking with - probably better for a subsequent viewing.