WOW - Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2011)

I was a little worried about watching this moviemy 'chick flick' alarm went off, when I was asked (actually told I was) to see this flick. I knew immediately from the title that there were no awesome car chases; wonderful decapitations, hair-raising scares or any of the other stuff I use as a measure of a movie's the quality. Instead I was expecting a lot of kissing, hugging, crying, and other yucky junk like that. Well there was a lot of that yucky stuff in therebut it was awesome entertainment. The lack of star-cruisers and an over-dependence on GFI stumped me at first. I was shocked actually, this movie had a very strong plot; it was well written and the acting - breathtaking! I thought these kinds things had long ago been removed from Hollywood's recipe for a good movie. I knew Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter were good - but this venue proved them to be great. This kind of movie I will pay to seesuper job! Have I seen better - yes - but not for a long time.