Dir.: Peter Hedges
Plot: A single father finds love in an unexpected (and awkward) place whilst holidaying with his extended family.
Not feeling particularly great and seeing it was on BBC iPlayer, I sat down to watch this on a whim with fairly meh expectations. In fact, it turned out to be one of the most engaging little movies I've seen all year. Quiet but charming widower Dan (Steve Carell) falls for a woman (Juliette Binoche) who he meets in a bookshop whilst visiting his parents for a big family reunion, but when he gets back to their house, there she is: unfortunately, she happens to be his brother's new girlfriend. Over the next few days, Dan becomes hopelessly infatuated with Marie, something which is increasingly difficult to disguise from his close-knit family.
