A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The leading man, so vulnerable yet, adorable. CR, so dark and full of secrets is seductive yet vulnerable in her own protected way. My favorite part is when they are on the sofa, and she jumps up after being asked a question that she doesn't like, then settles to "Let's just enjoy ourselves..." then the leading mans eyes become scared\hurt and full of love and he says..."Don't leave me"...with such a childlike innocence...haunting. You can tell he can hardly believe she even knows he is alive, and she can't believe he made her feel so alive... Definitely a great flick. I am into the Offbeat movies, which CR definitely fills. Her dark elf like beauty, so secretive...the innocent clumsy librarian, who has never lived enough to develop any secrets...Grab a cocktail and enjoy.. Anna

I'm a huge fan of John Hurt, Julian Rhind-Tutt, and Kyle MacLachlan (and a sometime fan of Christina Ricca), but even their considerable talents couldn't save this clunker. The plot -- an unsuccessful combo of a romantic comedy and a caper flick -- is improbable, and it fails; the dialog is often flat/trite/dead; Ricci, though an interesting and compelling presence, fails to make her character believable; and even though John Simm is wonderful as Frank the librarian, I didn't buy his passion for Ricci's character (the writer is to blame for final criticism and partly to blame for the third). What a waste of phenomenal talent and money, and a waste of 90 minutes of my life. Avoid this film.

I loved this movie for a few reasons, but mainly because of John Simm. Please do more movies, John! He plays the librarian, Frank, who has to be the sweetest hetero male I have ever seen. He melts your heart. He is teamed with some real pros in Christina Ricci, Kyle MacLachlan, and John Hurt. And the actor with the funny name who plays Frank's friend is a joy to watch, too. This is good popcorn, escapist fun with its central sweet love story and quirky characters and an outrageous con. John Simm has done a lot of British TV--those lucky blokes. As for other movies, I loved the magic between Christina Ricci and Johnny Depp in "The Man Who Cried," a more serious, but very good movie.

I doubt if many people remember the film starring Glynis Johns. I always liked her. She had that husky voice, latterly impersonated to great effect by Felicity Kendall. But that was about a mermaid. Christina Ricci, rarely seen in these parts since 'Sleepy Hollow', makes a welcome return to my local Cineworld. I knew very little about this, having read something about it 2 years or so ago, except that CR was the lead. I have often wondered why she has not become slightly better known but anyway she is back. 'Miranda' is a good little offbeat movie, and anyone who knows me will know that I like quirky material. Therefore I enjoyed it. I suppose, if it has to have a 'shelf' at the video store, it would be in the comedy romance department, rather than the reverse. It certainly has its funny moments. It never succeeds as a thriller, though, which it may never have intended to do, but overall there is something very likeable about this material. Quite a good cast, including Kyle Maclachlan, who seems to age like the picture of Dorian Gray. The soundtrack is very enlivening and John Simm's voice, in the very funny Miranda song, is very good. Lots of verys, then, but at the close of the day, 'Miranda' is unlikely to find its way into many peoples' DVD libraries. Firstly, it may not even get a release here, and if it does, chances are that only strange obsessive people like me will want to buy it. Personally, though, I find Miss Ricci compelling, especially because of her looks, and also through her mysterious acting. I reckon Hitchcock would have killed to get her in a movie of his. She has that special kind of appeal. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and was surprised it even got a release, as I'm certain it was made ages ago. 'Of all the libraries in all the world, she had to walk in to this one'. That's not the tagline, but it could have been! One final thought. Are they as big as Heather Graham's? Comments welcomed, but I'm referring to eyes here.