A Good Story Well Executed - Not For Men

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2009)

After watching this film I compared it to 'Big Fish'. The a wholly unrealistic story told through the narrative device of a parent talking about their life to their child on their deathbed. Not to criticise it, after all I did think this was a good movie but as a twenty something male urbanite not really my thing. I don't think that I am the target audience for films that include 'feelings' and 'emotions', my girlfriend however cried at the end and no doubt enjoyed watching Brad Pitt getting (as she put it) younger and fitter throughout the movie. A good date flick as it will show inner depth as you fake your aw-ing and ah-ing sounds to show what a deep emotional guy you are when it comes to love stories. Having said that I was not completely switched off by it, and it was very well executed as a production of a fantastical (as in fantasy not fantastic) movie.