Even the men in the theater were audibly crying...

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2004)

James Garner gave an amazing, amazing performance (of course, I have been a James Garner fan for many years). Gena Rowlands played a complex character suffering from dementia...shifting in and out of reality. But the not so surprising performance by Ryan Gosling was AWESOME. I thought he gave a terrific performance in "By the Numbers" and just knew we all would be seeing a lot more of him. The entire cast was superb, each giving a performance that came right from the heart. This is such a touching film that may have seemed contrived, predictable...but in the end it wasn't and kept one wondering just how it would end. And the ending was moving, touching and so emotional. I will be telling all of my friends this is a movie that is not to be missed. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!