Baffled by mediocre reviews
10/10
Author: Mark T from United States
30 May 2012

I can't fathom why this film isn't rated higher. Well OK, I can -- it's probably several factors, none of which act to reduce my 10 rating. Maybe some uptight viewers are uncomfortable with a film about female sexuality, or a film that appears to trivialize it or that acknowledges & dissects extensive bygone quackery that involved it. Maybe British accents exhaust and frustrate a USA-skewed voter population. Or maybe Rupert isn't quite as gorgeous at 53 as he was at 30. Duh.

This film was a joy to watch, extremely funny in many places and precisely acted throughout, with no cheap cartoonish exaggeration (even where the script could have begged for it). A few bits were ever so slightly uneven or formulaic, but really, what isn't anymore? This was well worth the ticket price, and the smiles of so many around us as we left confirmed that others felt the same.