Who would have thought Will Ferrell would ever be in a masterpiece?

Rating: 10/10 (4 June 2007)

This movie is superb on every level: a strong concept, witty and well thought-out writing, marvelously inventive direction (by Marc Forster, who previously showed what he could do with a story about the edge between fiction and fact in the equally wonderful "Finding Neverland") and great casting. For once Will Ferrell is actually funny instead of just dumb, and Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman are equally good in their supporting turns. And if Marc Forster is reading this, I have the same request for him that I did after I saw "Finding Neverland": will he please, please, PLEASE buy the rights to the Alfred Hitchcock-Jay Presson Allen script based on James M. Barrie's play "Mary Rose" and make that as his next film?