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I rented this film from Blockbusters last night and found it a bit...well, uncomfortable. I wanted to love this film; I love very simple films that study a character deeply, and this film does, but the mistaken identity thing (Grandfather confusing his granddaughter with his wife Annie) and her playing along with it, accepting his marriage proposal etc just made me feel a tad sick if I'm honest.

I wanted to really enjoy this, because I had a brilliant relationship with my own paternal grandfather, he was more like a best friend or another father, and I hoped this film may have demonstrated a similar bond but it was just a bit over the line of wrong for me. Didn't like Doyle pinning the paper boy up by the throat in a jealous spat, and Doyle sitting on her bed at night when he hadn't known her very long...I don't know it just was all a bit too much. I watched it with several friends who all felt the same, thinking it was a bit weird. Did anyone else find it odd??

Thanks for reading :-)

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I thought it was sad and that both Lou and Doyle were looking for someone to love, someone who loves them in return. Doyle was only looking for the love he had lost and Lou, searching for the love she's never had. When you take the age factor out of it, the film's only about two people trying to leave their miserable existence for a better, happier life.