after see the trailer for even and you will probably first think about how great the cast be involve and ( i mean they even get rocky horror own brad and barry bostwick and to show the world he be still act ) and and the next second about how they just show u the entire movie . while not entirely true and the film be pretty much summarize nicely in the trailer and and that isn not necessarily a bad thing . this be a story about a die woman who be remember a time very long ago when she meet the love of her lifethe one that get away . her daughter hear her reminisce about people they have never hear of and the story of what happen when she and harris kill buddy soon play out . no matter what happen and though and the film be not about these people and what they do and good or bad . it be a vehicle to show that there be no mistake in life . what may be regret could in fact be the one instance in your life that need to occur in order for the good time that follow to ever happen . the story itself be nicely told and very obviously adapt from literature . our filmmaker here decide to tell the story by intercutting between the present ( ann on her deathbed ) and dreamstate ( ann hallucinating by combine the present with the past in her mind ) and and the past ( ann meeting harris at her best friend wedding ) . there be a few time where the cut be a tad abrupt and and the progression of the past be so good that you may find the present stuff a bit longwinded and boring and but overall it be handle good than at first thought . it not a though ann life now be uninteresting and it just have less to do with the plot then it do with the moral be learn . while i grant that the parallel to the past help alleviate the problem for ann child currently and i be still a bit too enrapture in the wedding to care as much a i maybe should have . there be some nice moment and though and for instance and the crash that awaken ann from slumber be mirror later on and and the cryptic dream which bridge both world together . it be the act that make the flashback so enthral and fluid . these performance be completely rivet to the point where you get a bit angry when our time period have change and we must wait to find out what happen next . no matter how annoy i find claire dane angry or sad or cry face that exist in every role she play and the girl be good at what she do . i find myself warm to her talent more and more lately and this one just furthers that thaw . patrick wilson be always great in whatever i have see him in . you must give him credit for pick some really fantastic role and never do much more than one film a year . from angel in america to last year little child and the guy will soon blow up and but hopefully he will stay true to the craft and not cash in . heck even mamie gummer be good a the young version of her real life mother meryl streep and ( who surprisingly be in the film very little ) . she be still rough around the edge and but she be wonderful at express the emotional turmoil her character go through on her wedding day . the real revelation and though and be hugh dancy . i feel i have see him in many thing and but in fact it seem only in king arthur . dancy literally steal every scene he be in and the way in which his role of buddy be devastate by love or alcohol or life be etch in his facial expression throughout . without his performance and the flashback sequence could have fall into the somewhat forgettable category a the rest of the film and make the experience a a whole much bad . while not wholly original in the way of what the writer be after and even do bring intelligence and craft to the table . you may be able to fault the length and amount of cut scene to tie everything together and but you can not argue that the act isn not worth stick around for . maybe a film version of the wedding alone could have be something to see and however and when it be all put together and there may also be something come out of it that couldn not have be achieve without all the other story thread . either way and the payoff be worth the ride for the most part and each plane of reality finish with it own subtle beauty and live up to what have come before it .