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*“That is one thing I can't shake loose. All my buddies' faces are still young. And the thing is, the more years I have, the more they've lost.” *Awestruck at how completely and sincerely beautiful this movie is. Might just be the first film I would show an alien if they want to understand what is so great about us humans. Pure goodness and connection and compassion and love.

Second Hitchcock (embarrassingly enough) and while this isn't quite as technically marvelous and pretty much top to bottom perfect as Rear Window, it’s certainly a good deal more fun. Sometimes I wish people still wrote screenplays like this.

Sincere and grounded story about ordinary people with ordinary people problems. Mark Ruffalo (in his breakout role) and Laura Linney are both sensational. Kenneth Lonergan is astonishingly good at making films about connection and disconnection.

Widely and unanimously recognized as possessing some of the most commanding lead performances of the 21st century (which is true), but completely undervalued in just being a stone cold masterpiece and one of the greatest screenplays ever written. One of my favorite final lines ever.