A powerful romance/drama that will stay with you after it ends.

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2011)

I know this is a late review for a 2004 film, but last night I finally had the pleasure of watching this movie, in company of the love of my life and I have to say this movie touched me in so many ways (good ways), that it is hard to explain the scope and depth of it, while masked as a typical romance, the story follows a young couple from very different social environments during the middle 30s, they are deeply in love with each other and there is such passion between them, the chemistry shown on screen is great, both Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling do a great job, the way they talk, the way they smile, the way they move and touch each other, it is completely believable. Though the longest portion of the movie plays as a standard romance movie, it has a sub-plot running in the background which I will not reveal, because it is by far the best part of the movie and at the very end it becomes very important and the most touching and moving part of the movie.
I must admit that is not a movie that will appeal everyone, this is a sweet, moving and at times very intriguing movie, the editing is amazing, the photography leaves you breathless and the art department deserves a special mention too, all the costumes are perfectly designed, the outfits are a delight to watch.
The sound department made also a great job, both the sound mixing and editing as well as the musical score are wonderful to hear, the score runs smoothly with the scenes without distracting you from what's going on, not for one single second.
I cannot recommend enough this movie if you enjoy romance and drama, especially well acted, beautifully shot and effectively directed romance and drama, you will find yourself laughing at the very clever yet simple humor and roughly half an hour later crying at a very emotional scene.
If you have any doubts about watching this movie, or if you haven't seen it yet but want to do it, do yourself a favor, don't wait any more and get it and watch it. But do yourself a favor and do it in company of your significant other, this is not a movie to watch alone, is a movie to share with the one you love.
10/10