Not a chick flick

Rating: 9/10 (3 June 2007)

I think this is a one of the best movies that has come out in a long time and actually got a lot of recognition for it being a good movie. First of all the cast is beyond amazing. Some of my favorite actors and actresses are all there. They are some of the best actors out there right now. I think it may be one of the best put together casts that I have ever seen. Each part was cast perfectly and the only one that had a little trouble pulling off their role would have been Hugh Grant, but he had a very hard role to fulfill. I won't talk to much about the actors, but some need to take note. In only a few minutes of screen time Liam Neeson makes one feel really sad and I honestly got a little choked up when the songs starts at the funeral. That is impressive to get that much emotion in a role in such a short period of time. The next that need mentioning is just about all the scenes with Emma Thompson. I like the scene at the end of the play when she confronts Alan Rickman and pulls it off really really well. The next mention would be Laura Linney who I think it is just wonderful and I loved her role in the movie. My next is actually the young women who play Auriela. She put some physical mannerisms in there that made that character extremely desirable and made me believe that it was possible for Colin Firth to fall in love with her with such limited interaction. I almost fell in love with her. Now onto the substance of the film. I like how it approached just about every type of love and showed that it is not just boy gets girl, boy loses girls, boy gets girl back. I loved the different type of loves, from the love of two life long friends, love for a brother in need, a love between kids, a hopeless love, and all the problems that maintaining that love or even obtaining love. The ability of love to transcend language, age, and social class are all there. I liked how the movie dealt with nearly every type of love, but did not bore me by making an entire movie out of each story. But making the movie this way requires an incredibly talented cast and they had that. The soundtrack I loved and before this gets too long I would like to emphasize the point this is not a chick flick. It is just a really good movie that makes one feel good.