This movie gets me every time.

Rating: 9/10 (12 December 2005)

This is "actually" my first post.
I just got through watching this beautiful film for the tenth (or is it eleventh?) time on cable and wanted to add my own thoughts on the experience.
As a dedicated movie buff (and we're talking from the silents right through to today) I try to see as many films as possible in a their theatrical run. But I took a pass on this one -- maybe there were too many other "serious" films around at the time, maybe it just sounded corny -- don't remember. But after much prodding from a girlfriend of mine I decided to rent the DVD last year. Two hours and some minutes later I was wiping the tears from my eyes and hitting the play button again. And again.
Sure, this film is flawed. Not all of the stories work as well as others. Some of the characters and their actions may make even the most forgiving viewer cringe. But writer-director Richard Curtis has forged one of the most enchanting, heartwarming, humorous and ultimately moving testaments to the joy and pain of love that I have seen in years.
Tonight, I was channel surfing and stopped to watch "just a minute" I told myself. Right. That's what I say every time I happen upon it. And just like the first time, I'm still sitting there at the very end, wiping the tears from my eyes with a big smile on my face.