A tale of love and its realistic surroundings.

Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2005)

When I first heard of this movie, I though it was a cheap shot at Drama/Romance, but after the first few minutes of seeing it, I knew this movie was going to be brilliant and touching...So I got myself a pillow and sank into it.
The young male lead Ryan gosling is really convincing as a young handsome determined man with a warm smile, and then comes Rachel McAdams from mean girls who plays a complex role of a young colourful blossoming woman from a well founded home who falls in love with him and is later caught in a web of harsh reality and the blurry promise of the future. The older leads are also brilliant and very natural. Though the movie rings a bell to Tim Burton's Big Fish, its a tale told well between generations and time line. But what this movie really does, is that it helps realise that falling in love once, can change your life over and over again. it explains that home security and family duties are great factors affecting love as in "look beyond the bed of roses".
I've rated the movie 8/10 because its a love lesson thats probably too late for some others to learn from but soothing nonetheless, please see it as I'll recommend it to anyone thats loved once.