Best movie of this year hands down!

Very best movie i ever watch

Best movie ever!

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Being a faithful fan of Helen Hunt I'm hurting.Firstly, her charm: mostly absent, replaced with this concerned, suffering look we typically see in Meryl Streep's roles.Secondly, her aging: somehow many scenes portray HH as an old woman. Was it intentional? Perhaps, considering that pool of film professionals, who do transformations of characters. However, I fail to see reasons for such decision.Finally, I was permitted to remain under the impression that the whole justification for making this movie was for HH to be around younger men. Some kind of a "trophy role".I would be happier to see other reviews and points of view that would make me drop that hurting.

I ended up liking the movie after I let go of the weirdness of her character and the money she was blowing on a full time limo driver and actually thinking she should could pull off being away from work.I guess i related to her determination to learn to surf and her finding a special strength in the ocean.That part of the movie was good, and Helen Hunt did that well, despite all the stupid quirky parts.I liked the driver and the surf instructor as actors.there were some things that were particularly funny. Just little things that happen in life.

I'm conflicted.Normally a movie of this type will be interesting and fun for most of the first 80 minutes and then end in a clunky manipulative way. It is that rare movie that is stubbornly insufferable for more than 80 minutes and then ends in a weirdly satisfying if predictable way.It can be unbearable at times to watch Helen Hunt try and act her way through her impassively clay-like new face, as if she were a Star Trek Changeling character. It can be maddening at times at how sympathetic and misunderstood she thinks her character is. And it can be frustrating at how mechanical the scene construction and the in your face symbolism feels.But I have to admit that there is a charming tone that coalesces nicely in the last 15 minutes. You know what's coming, and the unflinchingly cheesy dialogue up to this point is often unintentionally amusing, but when it happens at the end it feels real, just like the ending to the story she's been discussing with her son. There's just enough of a spark there to make you understand why she wanted to make this movie.

OK, I know we all have different tastes in movies but I have a really hard time believing anyone found this better than a 5 even if they worship Helen hunt. I personally LOVE her but hated her in this movie. I never turn off movies because I always hold out hope they will finish strong. My goodness, this didn't. I liked her Chauffeur but all of the young people in the movie were just plain annoying. When they weren't arguing or smoking dope they just came across like lawn furniture. I know I live in the great American Flyover but, geez, Hollywood, try to do something outside of LA and New York. They are both ugly and tired. I just saw another movie filmed in the woods and it was beautiful and interesting.Give it a try. Helen, you are awesome, one of my favorite actresses but if this is how you direct a movie, please, keep acting and leave that to someone else.