This movie established a precedent for me: I had never gone to see a movie by myself before (not that there are a ton of movies that fit in this category), but it was the night before the Oscars, and I only decided on a whim to go see the movie (and it's a little too artsy for some of the people I may have asked at the time). The audience was so terrible and nobody thought anything was funny (so stupid), except for me and a woman who was sitting behind me about three seats to my right. Actually, as the movie ended, she said to me, "I'm glad there was someone else who thought the movie was good!" And so we talked about the movie a little as we walked out of the theatre.
There are so few movies that can find this perfect combination of warmth and heart and personality and humor and intellectuality and wrap it all up into a nice, neat package, film it perfectly, pull the viewer in, and take him/her on the journey that the film's characters take. All four main actors (Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, and Sandra Oh) are pitch-perfect, and while they may lead the excellent script-writing from A to B to A physically, they are able to elicit all the right emotions and secure full involvement from the viewer. This is not a movie to be taken lightly, but rather one whose depth must be examined to be appreciated. Please do yourself a favor and see this when you have the time some day.
Score: 10/10
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