Based on 222 votes and 91 reviews.
A movie that cries and hopes you will too. I didn't.
Always been a big fan of Tom Hanks, when I first saw him in Happy Days. I felt the movie was happy and sad. Some were very emotional and some very intense scenes. Tom is still a great comedian as well, even in a drama movie.
Fantastic
It's like Gran Torino with the coolness replaced with cloying sentimentality.
Loved this movie It was very moving. At 73 it really taught me a lesson .That life is to short
Total entertainment.
First half of at. the movie, w/ Hanks as curmudgeon, was great. Second half was for weapers.
It was great. I lost it a bit because a friend of mine with the exact name died. I still am emotional about it even though it happened over 50 years ago. The movie brought it all back.
Hanks does a very good job in this feel good film of transformation among old friends and new neighbors. His portrayal of an aging man, wanting to live alone in a world he no longer enjoys is quite believable. My favorite movie in several months.
If I had known it was about someone continually trying to kill themselves, I would not have gone to see it. It was interesting how Tom Hanks seemed to portray a totally different character than he has in the past.