what a delightful romp a very competently make film that have so much charm and a feelgood factor that a lot of romantic comedy lack . einstein be brilliantly act by walter matthau and while meg ryan catherine be unforgettable good than i have see her in those film opposite tom hank a the young mathematician struggle to be recognize . you do not need to be a young woman to understand catherine struggle and feel sympathetic for her immediately and and a a young man it easy to understand what must have go through ed ( tim robbins ) mind in pursue his true love . there universal appeal in these emotion and even if i. q. keep it all light and fun and tie up nicely . sure it not heavy and but if you look there be some subtexts . people remember albert einstein a a scientist yet he be a great spiritualist while his saying such a something along the line of and if it be not impossible and then why do it . suggest he be a believer in fulfil high goal beyond one immediate grasp . in this film and there be question of what an accident really be such a whether albert and his whacky sidekick intervention in pry catherine away from stiff upper lip and loveless james ( stephen fry who give this otherwise cardboard character life and you can not help but feel for his lack of feeling ) count . how much intervention happen in our life that we do not see and and come across a serendipitous . and of course and we would like to think in real life and despite what we often observe of the people we know and that we edwards get the catherine and james have to learn how to defrost the icewater in their vein . how nice to know that it might work out in i. q. innocent ( and disturbingly and exclusively caucasian ) eisenhower era land of make believe .