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Best movie of this year hands down!

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

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Both the leading stars are 5* in this movie .The dialoge deliciously witty, sharp & clever and Honest. the film combines humour and poignancy smoothly and without , The relationship between the 2 protagonists starts coldly but slowly warms for 3/4 of the film so they finally become involved in an affair.Regrettably until a catastrophic incident occurs between them destroying their mutual love and admiration.It collapses to sub zero ! Finally at the end, with no clichés just warmth, We were surprised that most of the searches for reviews did not give any opinions at all.their difference are resolved happiy. A quietly impressive film that should be enjoyed by a much wider audience.Both the direction, visuals and sound where good and the majority of the actors where good.

Really didn't like this one at all. Very plain boring lead characters. Drawn out with very little dramatic, romantic or comedic entertainment value. There are plenty other of options to pursue before you jump into this one definitely give something else a shot.Even if you enjoy Clive Owen as I usually do in most films I see him in its a tough watch. Definitely depressing you"ve been warned by credits i said out loud well could of done with out that one and you will to unless you're a teacher who can relate to the story i suppose.Its quite difficult to even provide a complete review for a film where so little actually happens I wanted to like this movie going in but instead i suffered through the second half of it and have hopefully reached the line requirements so i no longer have to talk about it good watching.

Review: Man, this film was long and extremely boring. Nothing seemed to happen all the way through the film and I really struggled to keep my eyes open. I can't really say what the film is about because I really lost interest after a while, but I think it's about two teachers who bring there worlds together of words and pictures by holding a competition in a school. Clive Owen, whose from the world of words, is a alcoholic who is fighting to keep is job and Binoche is from the world of pictures who hasn't got faith in her work. Its seemed more like a play than a movie because there's a lot of dialogue which I got bored of. The love story was a bit strange between the two characters and the tone was dull and it just seemed to drag after a while. That's not to say that the two top actors didn't play there parts well but I just didn't relate to there characters. I was extremely impressed with Binoche who was playing a disabled woman who found many different ways to do her paintings but it wasn't enough to save this drawn out movie. Disappointing!Round-Up: I think that the main problem that I found with the film was that I wasn't interested in the subject matter. The challenge between words and pictures is a good concept which could make a good film, but you really need to make the characters interesting. The chemistry between the two main characters was OK but they really came from two different world's which made them hard to connect. On the plus side, it's a different side to Clive Owen's acting style which we haven't seen in a while and he has proved that he take on any project, but this movie really didn't do it for me. Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $3.2millionI recommend this movie to people who are into their dramas about 2 teachers who are trying to bring there world's of words and pictures together, by holding a competition for there students. 3/10

The conceit of this movie reminds me of the old joke where the various body parts are arguing over which one is most important. Here two very accomplished high school honors teachers, one a published author teaching English and the other an exhibited painter teaching fine art, get into a debate of sorts on whether words or pictures are more important. This results in students getting involved and tasked with developing words and images for the "contest" at school assembly. I think most would conclude that both are important, you can't really have such a contest.Clive Owen is author and English teacher Jack Marcus. The new art teacher is Juliette Binoche as Dina Delsanto. He is a motor mouth in social settings, she seems to want to keep to herself and enjoy silence. They develop an instant friction which, in a fictional story, usually means they will eventually fall in love.As an important aside, Binoche is an accomplished artist in her own life and all the paintings we see for her character Delsanto, and the ones she works on during the movie, all were actually her own works of art. The movie moves a bit slowly in some middle scenes but things pick up near the end and turns out to be a nicely entertaining movie with some good messages.SPOILERS: Each of the featured teachers has serious issues. Marcus is an alcoholic. He always has lunch at school in his car, we observe so that he can drink the vodka in his small thermos. He has been banned from a local restaurant for causing a drunken scene. He is estranged from his college son because of his drinking issues. Delsanto has developed a severe case of RA (rheumatoid arthritis) and uses a cane to get around and has to use special devices to paint. But Marcus falls hard for her, then she for him, his drinking drives a wedge, then he seeks help and vows to give up the booze. As the movie ends he is starting to patch up relationships with both his son and Delsanto.