Predictable, well-played, extremely manipulative ( Mom dying of cancer, cute but troubled children, and adorable animals with Scarlett Johansson as their protector) but I cried like it was a Lifetime marathon.

I found it overlong and with a bit too much reenactment material, and the surviving members of the family didn't cooperate so there is a sizable chunk of the story missing - and yet, the result is still unstettling and provacative.

Not the best movie to see on a plane but totally involving and pretty believable. Though it does have a sentimental side , I admired the film for not being sentitmental for the first 3/4 of it.

Staggeringly inept. it's one of those movies that you sit there and wonder how it got made and as they were making it, did they know how stupid the film is? Shockingly bad.

Always compelling, but sometimes a bit incomprehensible nevertheless I can't wait to see it again. Great performances all around.

surprisingly effective but maybe a bit too low key story of one woman's isolation. As a side note it made me never want to go to Lourdes.

Well made, always involving bit of stiff upper lip history. Though I have to say conditions didn't really seem THAT bad. They were well fed, had warm overcoats and put on shows. But all they wanted to do was escape..go figure.

A really stirring and fascinating film about a subject I care nothing about. See it. It's simply terrific.

An astounding film with breathtaking suspense filled set pieces that are a lesson to filmakers today on scene construction and tension. They should all be forced to watch this and learn.

What was this film about? I kept waiting for it to start. Nothing happens and the pace would kindly be described as "deliberate" but more accurately would be described as "leaden". Crap.

Smart, economical and deeply effective. It's another homerun from Alexander Payne and George Clooney delivers a wonderful vulnerable and complex performance.

Streep is of course astonishing. But the film simply ticks boxes and lacks complexity. Rather dissapointing.

It's fine but it's being over-hyped. There are two points in the film where I thought : Oh! Now it's all going to be taken to the next level. But that didn't happen. Still I had a good time.

well, it meant well but it'snot very good.

Beautifully filmed and directed with a light touch that the rage that one feels at the end is a total surprise.

While the "movie of the week triumph over adversity" aspect of this film is totally predictable , the style of it is fun and involving. Terrific performances all around except for Timothy Spall's SNL take on Winston Churchill.. how did that happen?

Eloquent and beautiful. While being an homage to Jacques Tati it also stands on its own for those with no knowledge of Tati as a wistful tribute a time gone by. And while its odd to say this for an animated movie, the location shots of Edinburgh are a miracle.

A surprisingly pungent movie directed in a claustrophobic style by William Wyler with intense ( and sometimes over the top) performances from Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, a very young Lee Grant and a strange performance from Joesph Wiseman. It really crackles.

yikes. what a misstep on Polanski's part.

An amazing movie which respects the audience and illuminates another work of art. Terrific performances especially from James Franco. Easily one of the best pictures of the year.

Not at the top of his form but there is an ease and assurance about this film that makes one think that Woody could be returning to form. The overall problem though is that the film is essentially trivial unlike films like Crimes and Misdeamenors or Husbands and Wives or Hannah and Her Sisters , his world is getting smaller and more trivial. But still I had a swell time.

smooth and artfully done though not emotionally compelling . However the performances are uniformly good.

Bleah. I kept waiting for it to be about something and instead as the film progressed it was about less and less. By the time it was over it made no sense whatsoever.

I first saw this on Channel 13 in New York nearly 30 years ago and at the time I wondered why it wasn't near the top of everyone's best film lists. It's heartbreaking but not maudlin , powerful but not didactic and truly uncompromising. I am so happy this classic is finally available for all to see and appreciate. Please don't let anyone "remake" it.

an assured and deeply moving and emotionally satisfying film. Colin Firth is a miracle. I know it's Jeff Bridges year but Mr Firth is astonishing.

One of the most intriguing of Coward's films is The Astonished Heart based upon his one act play. It was filmed with Michael Redgrave in the leading part and then after it was completed, it was re-shot with Coward taking on the central role. I've always wondered if the Redgrave version exists anywhere. It's a rarely seen film and very brittle in a siff upper lip sort of way - but still it's Coward and Celia Johnson and very worthwhile.

I just watched this after not seeing since it first came out. It's much harsher and darker than I remember. Terrific performances from all involved. Most definetely of it's time , but as such it's pretty terrific.

Tough and dark and Robert Mitchum was really great.

I saw the restored print at the BFI yesterday and it while I've seen the film a dozen times over the years, it has never been more vivid and brilliant. Thrilling . And outside the theatre there were display cabinets full of Red Shoes memorabilia most of it lent by Martin Scorsese. If you're in the neighborhood - GO!