I asked many of my friends and family to recommend a movie for me to watch before I started cinematography class as I am not a frequent movie watcher and have not watched many "classic" movies. Almost all of them recommended this movie and now I understand why. Every aspect of this movie is excellently planned and excellently executed. What possibly struck me the most about this movie was the authenticity of it. From the writing to the acting, nothing seemed artificial. The script of the movie didn't ever really seem like a script. The dialogue between the characters seemed to be just what it would be like in real life. The characters were not one dimensional or shallow, they were complex and well developed, and you could see an arch in almost all of them throughout the course of the movie. Everything in this movie flows really well also.

          I personally loved how important moments from the movie were brought full circle in the ending. The most notable of these moments may be when Will leaves Sean a note saying "I have to go see about a girl"(reflecting a moment from one of their therapy sessions where Sean told Will the story about how he met his wife), and the moment when Chuckie walks up to Will's front door and sees that he is gone (Reflecting an important moment between him and Chuckie.