Great script... "I like the part about the guitars"

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2007)

Every good movie necessarily has a good script. Great acting can overcome some weak scripts (ensemble in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl - Johnny Depp/Geoffrey Rush were great so were Orlando Bloom and Keira Nightly - overcame what can be considered a weak script).
However a great script can shine with competent actors. Christopher Nolan 'made his bones' this way (see the Following and Momento), and so did Charlie Kaufman (Human Nature, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).
This movie may not be backed by a script quite that (Nolan/Kaufman) good, but the script shines through nonetheless. In the above paragraph, I am not referring to quality of acting in this picture. The cast was excellent so was the casting. Although all the actors have been in better form in other pictures (Will Farrell in Talladega Nights/Anchorman though some may say the comparison is apples and oranges considering this was a dramatic role for him, Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, Queen Latifa in Chicago and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Secretary, I have not seen the too much of Emma Thompson, but she was fine form too), but they gave the SCRIPT the justice it rightly deserved.
The picture was funny, witty (especially with Dave, Harold's friend from work), sad, introspective sweet, and rocking in turns and while being each it was paramountly very very engaging.
A strong solid 8.5/10.