dentist-59280 I really hope the writer and Paul see this review. It is by far my favorite movie. I don't know why, but this movie reached into my heart. My emotions went to excited, and laughing, to anger and disgust, to amazement and hurt. I cried in the end. I could not imagine a better written movie and a better actor to play the main Character. Only Paul could pull those emotions so well. The director was brilliant. I have watched this about twenty times and I am glad for each time I see it.I will be looking for more movies by the writer, the actor, and the director. I wish I could meet them in person and express my gratitude for making this film. I felt it was just made for me.

Mercury-4 The main character was utterly loathsome. I didn't want to spend an hour watching him, let alone an overly-long 2 1/4 hours. There were no sympathetic characters; I hated the Paul Giamatti (an actor I hate in everything he does) character and hated all of the others for not hating him.Dustin Hoffman redeemed this movie, his moments in it were great. But there was absolutely nothing else.The movie was largely a plot less character study of an obnoxious character. The only real plot element was the death of the friend, Boogie. I'm not going to give away the way this element of plot is resolved, but I didn't get the point at all when I saw the movie, only when I googled it did I realize that the one scene with the airplane was resolving this plot element. Maybe if I'd read the novel it would have been more clear.Why are we supposed to love hateful destructive characters? I don't, and never have.

William Corden... read 'em and weep I think Mordecai Richler was the master of telling Jewish themed stories and this one translates to the movie screen effortlessly. The casting is fabulous , just as it was in the Apprenticeship, and the mise-en-scene is perfect. If you want to be thoroughly entertained by every character in the film and have your intellect tickled by the nuances and humour of the Jewish psyche then go no further than this movie. I've seen it twice now and could watch it a dozen times more. There is not a sub par performance by any of the actors and although Paul Giamatti is the centrepiece, he is just one of a fantastic ensemble. The direction is absolutely pitch perfect and I don't think I've ever enjoyed a movie more. It's not fair.. Rosamund Pike is stunningly beautiful and is a wonderful actress, why does God not spread the qualities around more evenly? What, with her in this movie and Virginia Madsen in Sideways I think I have seen all of the actresses I ever need to.bravo! BillC

holtintl I saw the movie last night and i got carried away with the acting,story and above all I felt the massage of this film saying "Let the life goes by flow",God had design the destiny of all human being accordingly. Barney got desire and ego to get the girl he liked "its a saying 'To get is easy but to maintain its not that easy' and the question is 'I want to marry that gal' but the answer will be 'Can U Handle It?". Barney tried his luck he got what he wanted but at the end he can't handle it. In this story line what I was not happy the response of Miriam Grant by not forgiving her husband and never give him a second chance,nobody is perfect in this world as he already spoke the truth by saying he was doing without feeling,she should give another chance to him looking at his loyalty for the family in the past,the rest was fantastic story..I like and impressed with this movie.Thank you.