My review from 2013:
Scr. JJ Abrams (before he started doing silly things like Lost and Super 8, which is apparently an amalgamation of old Spielbergs).
Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Elizabeth Wilson (the secretary, also in Nine to Five, Catch 22, The Graduate), Donald Moffat, Mikki Allen (daughter, one of those sensible children who probably decided making films was too boring and didn't do it again), Bill Nunn (therapist: Legend of 1900, Spider Man films), Bruce Altman (partner).
Well written, and shot with the lush and rich camera of Giuseppe Rotunno (not captured in screen shot).
This was as good as the first time we saw it (for the record 18 April 1992. Review: Wonderful humane story is moving without being manipulative (?), great script, superb central performance. Not a dry eye in the house.")
Not mad about Hans Zimmer's music in this (not generally).
Loved the moment when daughter knocks glass of orange juice over, so Dad does the same.
2024: I also love the way that Nichols or whoever decides that Ms Allen is third billed in the titles, as she should be - a key member of the cast, and not relegated to 'and introducing...' after everyone else.
Edited by Sam O'Steen. Nichols likes to keep actors in long takes; also has a propensity for starting a scene with his camera somewhere - looking out of a window, for example - and then gracefully tracking in.
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