The more I watch this film, the more I love it! In fact I've just re-graded it from 7 to 9.
It's so full of everything, there's comedy and tragedy, love and loneliness, insecurity and even cantankerousness.
The story is very different from the other Christmas films out there. It doesn't follow the typical boy meets girl formula in any way. It has a witty script and it's cleverly done. The stories concept is just thoughtful in itself.
There are some really beautiful moments in here and some lovely realisation.
Although it is classed as a comedy, it's actually more like real life and there are some moments in one of the lifts that are a bit creepy and you don't know if they are going to take a dark route for that storyline or not.
You can't help but feel for Patrick Stewart's character, despite his faults, as the only one to get stuck on his own and I have to say that he is brilliant as always. The whole cast are actually very well chosen and play their parts superbly.
One of my particular highlights is the band and the rendition of Silent Night is sublime.
I also like the fact that not everybody goes away happy at the finish and you don't know if you're going to end up heartbroken or beaming with a smile. After this viewing I'm smiling, because it was just what I needed after a bad day.
It's so full of everything, there's comedy and tragedy, love and loneliness, insecurity and even cantankerousness.
The story is very different from the other Christmas films out there. It doesn't follow the typical boy meets girl formula in any way. It has a witty script and it's cleverly done. The stories concept is just thoughtful in itself.
There are some really beautiful moments in here and some lovely realisation.
Although it is classed as a comedy, it's actually more like real life and there are some moments in one of the lifts that are a bit creepy and you don't know if they are going to take a dark route for that storyline or not.
You can't help but feel for Patrick Stewart's character, despite his faults, as the only one to get stuck on his own and I have to say that he is brilliant as always. The whole cast are actually very well chosen and play their parts superbly.
One of my particular highlights is the band and the rendition of Silent Night is sublime.
I also like the fact that not everybody goes away happy at the finish and you don't know if you're going to end up heartbroken or beaming with a smile. After this viewing I'm smiling, because it was just what I needed after a bad day.