This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It's not the age difference that's the issue here; this is a movie about the arbitrariness of attraction. The two protagonists seem to have nothing in common, except a deep sense of personal loss. They are worlds apart. Men and women often fall in love without a reason, or at least a reason that others can understand. It may be inexplicable, ridiculous, unbelievable, outrageous- whatever. It happens! The only flaws of this virtually unknown film are the awful music/sound design and the terribly clichéd ending. Sarandon is at her best, while James Spader is unforgettable as always. All in all, a very underrated movie, with fine acting as its main strength.

A great film which I recently caught up with again on TV. The performances by Susan Sarandon and James Spader were top-rate which made their respective characters quite believable. It always makes me wonder why such gems of acting (among many others that one could think about) never appear in the Oscar nomination lists.However, one minor caveat. When you watch it again for the nth time, look out for the left front headlamp of "Max's" Volvo which he smashed up against "Nora's" outside post-box at the beginning of the film. Halfway through it appears to have been repaired, only to reappear after that in its early damaged state.Definitely one to watch again.

Spader is quite solid and Sarandon terrific in a reversal of what most French movies are about: a young man goes out with an older woman (the difference being that in French movies the older man is five-to-ten times older than his Lolita-like object of desire, whereas Sarandon is not much older, by comparison, than Spader). This is a romantic drama, and considering this the film is pretty solid; certainly not dull, but predictable in spots. Plus, we have Brennan's annoying clairvoyance - she turns out not to be a fraud! But, I guess they had to throw in a bit of that psychic nonsense to please the middle-aged female viewers. (In fact, there are plenty of movies catering to male fantasies, so here's a middle-aged-women fantasy movie.) A very silly scene was the last one in which Spader smothers Sarandon the waitress in a crowded restaurant, followed by cheers and applause by the guests. Sarandon, once again, shows her breasts, which is always a nice thing. I have to add, though, that she isn't intelligent enough to play even a MacDonalds worker, so this movie falls under "fantasy" as well.If you're interested in reading my biographies of Susan Sarandon and other Hollywood intellectuals, contact me by e-mail.

I just watched the movie and I felt I could really relate to it personally. I am engaged to a woman that is ten years older than me, (I am 22.)besides the outlandish first meeting and the night cap, my fiancée and I had much of the same trial and errors that they experienced in the movie. She didn't run away to New York though, but if she did I would have chased her down like Max did. Long story short,a great movie. The realism in the relationship throughout the movie was superb. Also I liked how Nora stood her ground during the Thanksgiving dinner, much like my fiancée's defensive attitude was towards my family. Definitely a movie worth watching.