I thought this was real funny.....

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 1999)

I thought this movie was going to be quite a serious film to watch, but a few minutes into the film, I discovered the ironic humourous side to it. I think perhaps when this film first came out perhaps people didn't find it funny (I could be wrong though). Dustin Hoffman plays a character so naive as to be painful to watch - bordering on the Alan Partridge scale of things. There are several moments in this film where he puts his foot in it big time, and the poor guy really doesn't endear himself to the film's other characters. This movie has some really good direction and the music went quite well with it. The ending just has to be seen though - it has been lifted a hundred times over for use in other movies, but I thought this is still the best.