Movies

I just saw this wonderful film which is an amazing adaption to Richler's story. The acting of the entire cast is extraordinary with Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver and the great Dustin Hoffman giving superlative performances. I sat in a small art-house cinema in a suburb of Tel-Aviv, Israel and the quite large audience (for a Saturday afternoon) enjoyed the film in total silence. You could have heard a pin drop (and that doesn't happen very often!).I note that some reviewers were offended by the fact that some of the characters were unpleasant Jews. Well, that happens in life and as a Jew I wasn't offended one little bit. Like every other people we have nice and not nice people and I found the film to be very truthful, very funny and also very sad. An exceptional achievement!

Watched it in a early screening in Toronto, and I was shocked! I didn't expect such an amazing movie. Will remember it for the rest of my life.Ignore the comments by Jewish ladies who were offended by the movie's contents. Those are just a small part of this masterpiece.The roles are all played well. Paul Giamatti's role is nothing short of Oscar-winning in my opinion. The story is fun, but serious. The scenes are high-quality and well designed. I really didn't see anything missing.Just one point, DO NOT watch the trailers. They completely spoil the movie. I think the main reason I loved the movie was that I did not know anything about it. But for those who have read the book, it should still be fun. It's a well-made movie, on top of a wonderful story.

firstly why would any woman want to be with a man so obnoxious in every way? lets face it he is not good looking, he is fat, he is repulsive in his manner. and yet he gets three attractive woman, this surely is the ultimate male fantasy film. the guy has nothing going for him, the film has even less going for it, no story, just bits of this boring guy's boring life. this is not edgy or subversive or real, it is just plain nasty. even the one half decent character Blair is a bore, boring us on vegan living, comparing meat eaters to segregationists, all in all almost two hours of nothingness in terms of plot or emotion but plenty of horrible people.avoid like the plague