When I first saw this, shortly after it was originally released, I loved it. A truly convincing portrayal of grief and loss, I thought, well acted and set in a convincing contemporary setting.
10 years later it seems as stilted and contrived as "Brief Encounter" (a clip from which features briefly). The "hopping biography" and "unchained melody" sequences are toe-curlingly embarrassing and it is difficult to see what Nina ever saw in Jamie in the first place.
Maybe I've just grown more jaded and cynical, but 10 years later this really seems an incredibly shallow and pointless film.
10 years later it seems as stilted and contrived as "Brief Encounter" (a clip from which features briefly). The "hopping biography" and "unchained melody" sequences are toe-curlingly embarrassing and it is difficult to see what Nina ever saw in Jamie in the first place.
Maybe I've just grown more jaded and cynical, but 10 years later this really seems an incredibly shallow and pointless film.