Reviews

Yes, this could have been such a warm wonderful movie. A great cast, great music & locations. And a topic that is real to many people, including myself - the loss of someone very dear to you.

Its starts off with harsh realities, but kept at a level of life which is believable. The pain of loss, but the promise of a future.

And for me, the eventual real solutions - kind people, including wonderful women who share their own magic - kept me watching the film.

But then it seemed to turn into an advertisement for psychiatry - trying to sell the depths of its depravity as a real solution, rather than more pain & damage. From a very typical psych spewing his psychobabble & dealing toxic drugs - to subjecting the poor character to electro-shock. Isn't his pain of loss enough of a burden to carry - you have to poison him with psych drugs which make it worse, and try to fry his brain with ECT. Who wrote this script - a shill for Big Pharma & the American Psych Association.

And his son, who is going through his own trauma of loss, is then thrown in with his tattered Dad who has been made worse, beaten up & tortured even more by this barbaric "treatment".

They could have cut out all the false-data & promotion about pychiatric "solutions" and just had the story line work through people helping each other, loving each other, understanding each other.

It was the love between characters & friends which they allowed at various points of the film, that kept me watching.

Ultimately, it has a sane, warm ending. Similar to what has worked for me in real life. Yes, some therapy works, I can attest to that. But it is the love & admiration & help from our fellow humans that will provide the real, deep healing.

Can someone just rewrite the script, with the great cast and the love - without the psychobabble. It could have been such an excellent film!

I liked the original premise, and especially the younger cast. But the background of cold, un-caring debates never allowed the characters to sort out anything. You held your breath, but.

You hoped the story was going somewhere, but in the end, no...

The main couple ran away from each other. The main character seemed to have little joy in later life. And there were too many loose ends left unresolved & unanswered by the time the credits rolled.

If you want to see a film with a strong story about passionate debaters who actually cared about their arguments, check out "The Great Debaters" with Denzel & a very strong cast.

There is much to enjoy about this James Bond flick. Lots of cool cars, gadgets & action.

But it felt like they were trying too hard, as everyone seemed to know this was Daniel Craig's last outing as JB. He has been the best Bond since Sean Connery. Maybe that's how they justified making a movie that could have been trimmed by about an hour.

Various unnecessary plot & character elements thrown in to apparently satisfy Hollywood's compulsion to promote agendas du-jour - were just distracting.

However, I really enjoyed the clear-cut love story with JB, finally taking it out of the gray. With a bit of a magical twist.

But, and this is the most blatant spoiler. The ending ruined the whole movie. Worst. Ending. Ever.