SIFF Opener was superb!

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2004)

This film goes into general release on June 25th -- bring your lover and your hanky. This is a great little film featuring excellent performances by Gosling and McAdams, as well as James Garner. It becomes evident that the story Garner is reading to a patient in a nursing home (Gena Rowlands) is more than just a novel. Gosling and McAdams are young lovers who meet, date, lose each other, and reunite. Although some of the plot twists were predictable, the story was so cleanly directed and beautifully filmed it more than makes up for that shortcoming. A fine film for romantics of all ages. It was the opening film for Seattle International Film Festival 2004, and very well received. Check it out!