Starring Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd and Oliver Platt, through the first 30 minutes or so of the picture there's some sparkling humor and dedicated performances that add up to charm squared. Unfortunately, it doesn't last, and the second half is irritating squared from a repetitive score, a predictability beyond description, and an overall unraveling that stems from a certain event I can't really give away. Where that event seems to screw up the lives of the performers, so too the film seems to lose its inspiration. It seems unable to make its point, and given that the very first few minutes of the picture give away Simon's death to those coming into the film unknowing, the swelling up of false sentiment seems insulting to the learned film viewer. The transfer is great all around on the 1.85 to 1 image.
Colors are bright, well-defined, and solid as a rock.
I also noted no digital artifacts through the films' near two full hours. My opinion offers a renting over purchase. Your mileage may vary of course, as did the opinion of my wife, who found the picture to be completely the opposite of how I've described.