Helen Mirren plays Hitchcock’s devoted and very talented wife, Alma.  Alma has a writing career of her own, and “Hitch” relies on her quite a bit.  Scarlett Johansen makes a lovely Janet Leigh.  Really fun movie for those of us who love the movies.

The stucco wall starts to become important to various people in the community, and Henry is right in the middle of the whole thing, exactly where he doesn’t want to be.  But then, as everyone deals with their own issues, they start to learn from each other, and support each other, and discover things about themselves they never would have known.

This is a new genre for director Mark Pellington, who has done dark movies like Mothman Prophecies.  But the whole movie is so beautifully written, so meaningful, so moving – it’s unexpected, and refreshing.  The cast is first-rate.

The movie was done on a total budget of $7 million – very small by Hollywood standards.  I hope that it finds its audience and becomes a sleeper hit the way Little Miss Sunshine did.  This is the kind of movie that we yearn for.  See it, you’ll be so glad you did.

It’s a reminder to us all about adventure, saying yes to life, and recognizing what is really important to us.

Highly recommended! I wish there were more movies like this one!

While the cast is appealing – the storyline is dismal.  It basically plays out that women are needy and clueless and hopelessly romantic.  And men are insensitive and selfish.  There are several intertwined stories, the characters are all connected in some way or another.  Some of the scenarios play cute and get laughs, they’re light and funny.  Other scenes are painful and heartbreaking… and not necessarily meant to be so.  There’s a lot to relate to, with so many characters going through typical relationship “stuff.”  This time of year, that lull between New Year’s and the Oscar’s, there’s slim pickings at the theatre, and this is just one example.