Result of Real Writing ... a great film

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2018)

I only give 10s to films I watch over and over and over. This would come close though: characters with actual depth, personal problems, nasty quirks but somehow managing to be sympathetic. This could have so easily been turned, in other hands, into a standard, tear-jerking melodrama ... but because of great acting, and the decision to have everyone speaking dialogue that resembles what people think but never say, it turns into a roller coaster of black humor, pain, anger, misunderstanding, and love ... and in so doing defining a form of truth. It does deserve awards in many categories, but surely for the script.