Wednesday's film - certainly not the final word!

I was curious to read some reviews of the film we will be watching on Wednesday. There were some really positive ones and some pretty negative ones too. I extracted a few comments for reference.

In the negative corner they say...

• We've seen this story, with various minor differences, a thousand times, and this is an exceptionally average version.
• This movie was so boring. The main character shows virtually no emotion until the last 15 minutes of the film. And the storyline goes nowhere.
• At the end of the film I turned to my boyfriend and we gave each other looks that said "Really? Is that all?"

In the positive corner they say...

• This is the first movie in forever that I have watched and then repeated entire film immediately.
• I just watched this movie for the second time and started looking up information on it. I found the movie extremely compelling for it's dialogue and the powerful command of emotional expression displayed by the two leads.
• Coming into this film completely blind, knowing nothing about the book until reading this review, I was swept up into its story and carefully constructed visual palate. Although the story was perhaps predictable to a point, it certainly affected. The lovely acting was enhanced by a subtle and intelligent use of music. This is an award winner in the making and a must see!

What do I say?

• It is refreshing to see an intelligent, thoughtful, adult film when of late there seem to be so many  poor ones on release. I loved the music, the scenery, all actors' performances, and finally I was captured by the plot. Just when I thought a predictable conclusion was happening, a different turn ensued. It was a wonderful exploration of emotions and well worth my time. I would recommend this to anybody over the age of 15.

Remember though, don't just take my word for it, please make your own mind up!

See you on Wed for round two.