This is one of only two movies that I just had to watch two days in a row. Jessica Biel's character, Larita, has a captivating personality and Jessica plays it to perfection. Colin Firth was reported to say before the movie was shot, on [...], that Larita was going to steal the show. Naturally, Colin Firth and Kristen Scott Thomas played their parts marvelously but it was Larita that makes the film great. Kudos therefore to the screenwriters. My only regret was that Kristen Scott Thomas' character, Mrs. Whittaker, was not developed more and softened a bit; her bitter and irascible behavior came across as caricature. How wonderful would it have been to watch Larita and Mrs. Whittaker dueling in even more developed dialogue?