Great performances that make us believe it's not a "chick flick"

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2013)

With promising names in the Cast list, such as Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, it was bound to be above average.
After seeing them in less emotional and more manly acts, you might get the impression that putting an unusual face to a romantic story will make it more appealing. Well, it does! Less shooting, less jumping off buildings, but a little more drama and it's out there! No matter the cause, no matter the effect, no matter the purpose, no matter the meaning it twinkles around a boy and a girl, it builds up to a series of events which seem to have a logic. Accepting this logic is entirely up to the viewer's mood. The story itself tries to swing you through different emotions, but it only works if you decide to embrace it from the start!
This might have been, as some may say, De Niro's last chance to shine. And it was brilliant.