Surprisingly GREAT!

Rating: 10/10 (22 March 2008)

I chose the title off the shelf of my video club just because--and I honestly confess--I saw the names of Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Clare Danes. Not with much confidence (and expecting a total disappointment like the latest Disney's "Enchanted", which I thought was AWFUL), I started watching it and I was almost instantly THRILLED, EXCITED, totally and completely SURPRISED and AMAZED. Glued to the screen. I devoured the story and I delayed returning the video just to show it to my family and to myself have the opportunity to watch it again. We all thought it was the best film we'd seen in a very, very loooooooong time!!! The acting is just perfect: all the irony, puns and attitudes are what they are supposed to be. I liked the portrayal of all the different characters: sincere, believable and funny. And, above all, I'm absolutely amazed at the solid storyline: the plot does not have a single flaw, and it is refreshing to watch such a film, logical in its own laws, well developed, well portrayed, excelling in visual development (not only the CGI, but all the landscapes.... all the scenes, actually, are worthy of belonging to a painting in a museum). The romance has the perfect ingredients to make anyone -and I really mean anyone of any age!!!-- fall in love with the film. I loved it from beginning to end, and I'm certainly buying the DVD.