Great movie

Rating: 8/10 (14 October 2007)

This is a surprisingly great and refreshing romantic comedy. It's not cheesy as so many others are, and it has a superb cast - no matter what anyone says about Cameron Diaz, she was excellent and likable in this film. SHe really portrayed exactly what her character AManda was about. Kate Winslet was great as well, but I found some of her performance (the excessive crying) a bit overdone. The male actors were divine, especially Jude Law. It was a stroke of genius to have made Graham into a widowed father of 2 instead of just another single guy. And the scene in the tent, with Graham, Amanda and the two girls, almost made me cry. The character of Arthur is also central to this film, he's almost like a grandfather giving all of us (not only Iris) advice. Overall this is a movie about love, but more than that, about letting go of the things that weigh you down and allowing yourself to open up to life, love and happiness once again.