Defies EVERY expectation

Rating: 9/10 (27 January 2013)

THIS is the reason I want to be an actor, why I am taking acting as my form of higher education.
Everything about this film is just about perfect. The acting (THE CASTING), the direction, the writing, the cinematography. Even the length of the film sits almost exactly at the 2 hour mark.
If you are like me and you were/are thinking "how in the world did a rom-com get nominated for so many awards" you clearly haven't seen the flick.
The movie is hardly funny at all (although the parts that were funny made me burst out in tears), but filled with so much emotion. Like I said before the acting in this film was amazing. I have luckily never been diagnosed with bi-polar, but I know what mental illness can be, and this was a fine example of how one can act the part without making it contrived or offencive.
This isn't the best movie ever made. Depending on your tastes it may not even be the best movie of the year, but my god, it is damn good!
Go see it ASAP!