Rich Cline

This is a finely crafted film for grown-ups only ... and it's hard to remember the last time we had one that was this provocative and moving.

It's a remarkable film; the dialogue takes our breath away with its sharp skewering of expectations and realities, the bleak honesty is balanced by the freshness of real life and moments of raw truth and comedy -- Don't miss it.

This is brilliant filmmaking.

This is a very simple story, but it builds beautifully to an endearing and witty romance.

This is a spacious, robust movie that grabs hold of us and doesn't let go for nearly three hours.

This is the kind of film you can watch over and over again on several levels, especially as you mine the script for knowing jokes about the theatre (it's packed with them).

The film has a riveting central narrative, the performances are compelling and, most of all, we need to hear more immigration stories like this.

Performances are spot-on from the entire cast; each memorable character is finely detailed and full of eccentricities that are beautifully underplayed.

As these characters all move from isolated loners to relying on each other, the film never pounds its point in -- even the big set pieces are slightly askance, just giving more insight into the characters without preaching.

As a whole, the film is perhaps a bit too gentle and meandering, but it's jammed full of superb moments.