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Title: Should be much better known than it is!
Review: My second review of this film. A funny, charming, poignant film about a self-involved writer's journey to becoming his better self, a MENSCH.Kenneth Branagh has the role of a lifetime, if only the world knew about it. It's one comic utterance after another. Follow the zingers going back and forth between him and the TV interviewer who clearly is annoyed that he is getting the upper hand. FUNNY.There's a sweet relationship that develops between Branagh's character and the little girl next door, sweet but not mawkish, no heavy-handed direction here. Gradual and realistic evolution of the hero is on display here. Apparently this film did not get good distribution, otherwise it would be better known. Robin Wright and Lynn Redgrave give fine performances as well. I like this film so much, I am STILL trying to get my sister and niece on the West Coast to view it. They don't know what they are missing.
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