Clever, Sweet, and Underrated

Rating: 9/10 (25 December 2009)

This movie is like a tin can on a fence, waiting for the critics to shoot it down. The objection to the movie is so obvious, so crushing, and so beneficial to a critic's image that it is hard for one to resist taking a shot. I could take that route and tell you that there are too many plots, that some of them don't work as well as others, that it is filled with clichés. However, to do so would be to completely ignore the fact that I honestly enjoyed this movie more than I've enjoyed a movie in a very long time. It is funny, sweet, poignant, and lovely. It tells every story in installments, and that's exactly how those stories should be told. The structure, while easy to object to in theory, is brilliant in practice. The acting from the all-star cast is wonderful, and the clichés prove why they work over and over again. I know that I am in the minority here, but I love this movie.