That's good movie making!
8/10
Author: JohnRayPeterson from Montreal, Canada
5 February 2011

If you read the IMDb full storyline, you might think twice about it and consider watching something else; in that case, you'd miss out on a good movie. I have yet to see a Stephen Frears directed movie that I have not thoroughly enjoyed regardless of the subject. Not one of the dozen I've seen or the fifty two he's directed are repeated subject; he's got fresh new subject matter each time and his grasp of the material as well as his approach to delivering it to us is so smooth you can't imagine any other version of what you've seen could be quite up to snuff.

He just gets it right each and every time. In an interview of Frears, he candidly admitted he is very lucky with the casts he's had the pleasure to work with and also lucky to get good scripts, he even claims he often has little to do with the end product of such or such a scene I disagree; I believe it's because he is professional enough to recognize good work and confident enough not to let ego mess it up, that the end result is what it is.

He enjoys a good working relation with actors so in this movie, the right blend of good actors and witty script pays off. You'll like all the characters portrayals because none are over done; all fit perfectly, contributing to the movies natural feel. My only disappointment was that it was over so quickly, or so it seemed.