Forget the book and enjoy this film for what it is!!

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2008)

I have read & enjoyed the book and for the first 5 minutes of watching the film I thought it was going to be very disappointing but I was pleasantly surprised. Gerard Butlers Irish accent is all wrong but how can you fault him, he played the lovable character very well. When I heard Hilary Swank was playing Holly, I was not sure she could pull off the grieving widow but she did this very well, she certainly pulled at my heart strings! I think if you go to see this film with the anticipation of it being 'exactly' like the book, you will be disappointed. The concept is the same but some big characters in the book are not in the film and I personally do not think this matters as the film works! Forget the book and enjoy this film for what it is - a funny, tear-jerker!