Best movie of this year hands down!

Great Film overall

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

If you will interpret the rating of this film as anything, interpret it as the ratio of open-minded viewers (60% of ratings) against the closed-minded people (about 40%) who view this as some sort of religion or cultural message to everyone in the world - or perhaps just view every movie as a just statement of how everything should be. It's really not.SPOILERS AHEAD:This is a film that took a more mature route - given it's difficult and common issues at hand, than what some people would have accepted. One of the reviews here called the ending as "black-and-white" thinking and degraded it for sending the message that "it isn't ethical or right to commit to marriage at such a young age". The movie was not at all biased about this issue, and rather took it maturely and accurately. If you look closely, as mature as Dave seemed to be and how willing he was to work things out, he couldn't give Raf a thoughtful answer as to why he decided he wants a baby with her. He is young and emotional, and at the moment it showed how uncertain he was - but don't mistaken his true love for her; commitment and love are separate things. The issue of whether it's a good idea to proceed with a relationship with that kind of age gap is all a matter of personality and circumstances. Dave is an emerging artist, and although he could be mature enough to handle a serious relationship and children, it would conflict far too much with his type of career and his current position this early in the art industry. If Dave was someone who worked a stable job with good pay, this wouldn't be a problem and the outcome of the film could be very different. This is an extremely honest film and it has some of the most touching characters I've ever seen in a "chick-flick". It makes me so sad that Raf's "childish" wonder and her attraction to a younger man like Dave is probably rooted from the robbing of her "childhood" by her family's upbringing of her, and her early marriage. She deserves Dave so much.If there is any kind of flaw in this film, it would be that Dave's upbringing should've pushed him into that commitment with Raf of getting married. I don't know much about Judaism, but as a Christian, marrying at a younger age is very common, and Dave is more than capable of doing that with Raf. The conflict of love and profession is a timeless tragedy.

Was one of the best love story that I have seen in long time. The characters in the movie are so defined. At one point you will loose your self in the movie. Do not resembles any other love story that I have seen the idea of the story looks original. The catch is not only the one person but all the characters in the movie are equally good. Uma therman dose look better than her age. Wittiness is one more part of its practical jocks. the best part is the movie is shot in real places & not in the sets. It looks too authenticity to get the feel of reality in it. To make it more spicy it has a smart twist in a middle to load the movie with an element of surprise.

I realize this was a movie, but the idea that a counselor would continue to see a patient who was in a relationship with her son is so unethical I could not enjoy what few pleasures there were in this movie.I reduced my rating when I considered the "ick factor" of a mother discussing her son's penis with his lover.The best thing about the movie was the song at the end, "I Wish You Love," by Rachel Yamagata.SPOILER ALERT I will say I did appreciate the movie's refusal to go with the love conquers all ending. I don't like sad movies, but why no one makes movies with that exquisite pain of lost love like "The Way We Were."

The premise: In this tragicomedy, a psychotherapist finds out her 23-year old son is dating her 37-year old patient. And the headstrong mother in her goes into an overdrive. Well, almost.Go see it for: * Meryl Streep - the mother: She has just the right frowns when her son tells her about his girl er.. woman rather. And she retorts just as a mother would when he begins to take things in his own hand.* Meryl Streep - the therapist: She's even better. Watch her trying to cling to composure as she gets to know intimate details about her son. And observe her erupt silently in spurts and then disguise it all as professionalism. All this, with an ease that makes her job look deceptively simple.* Uma Thurman: This body beautiful makes for a patient wonderful. As the 37-year old divorcée, she injects just the right pessimism, just enough zest, and just enough verve into her role.* The plot: Let's say it's a slice of life that's without the icing and the chocolate. You don't want it because it's not nice to look at, but you have to taste it for it's life all the same.Don't bother about:Bryan Greenberg: He's handsome. He can barely act. He's goodlooking. He can barely talk. He's a bloke. Actually, he's apt for the role. For the role doesn't demand much.Watch it with: * The date majoring in psychology: Chances are 1:- The date will be impressed or 2:- The date will whip out Freud and a dozen textbooks to tell you why the treatment was wrong. Well, either shut up and blush (if chance 1 materializes) or make him/her shut up and watch(if chance 2 comes true). * Mothers: But do be prepared to hear : "See? See? see what she's saying! After all, we know!"Anything else? Oh yes, Sandra Bullock almost played Uma Thurman's character. However, she wanted script changes. Ben (the director) did not agree. So she walked out. And that indeed is a pity.