"Hattie," played by Samantha Morton, stole this film.

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2012)

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I watched this film because I like Woodey Allen, I like Sean Penn, and I like the music, but the entire film was swamped for me by the wonderful,charismatic performance of Hattie, played by Samantha Morton.
She was absolutely delightful from start to finish.
I am sure many other viewers of this movie felt the same way.
Her quiet persona in this film, sold the movie.
I loathed the way Sean Pean's character, virtually ignored her throughout the film, whereas another, and decent man, would have cared about her because she was dumb. I felt myself caring, I actually felt like knocking Sean Penn's ignorant character into the middle of next week, more than once.
Sean Penn's character was shallow and arrogant, Hattie was quiet and loving toward Penn's character. After living with Hattie for a short while she brought him gloves for his birthday that she had remembered, however he ditched her, because this was how he liked to treat all woman.
At the tail end of the film, he spots her sitting on a bench and goes over to her to say hi, he then rambles on while apologizing.
He then is honestly shocked to discover that she was now married.
I will leave out the ending scene, because it shows how pathetic Penn's character was.
Samantha Morton, was great. She definitely stole this film, as far as I am concerned.
For her performance only, I award this movie 10 points.