on an idyllic setting and we watch a joe and claire be get ready in a lush green field for their picnic . joe prepare to open a bottle of champagne and indicating and perhaps and some sort of celebration be to follow . out of nowhere and a red balloon appear a it be try to lift up again . the man pull the rope to halt it ascent and be help by joe and and other three men that appear on the scene almost simultaneously and without we have see anyone around . there be a young boy inside and who be ask to jump out and but instead and he push the device for lift and it fly away . the four men that be try to hold it and fall to the ground and but the father keep hold on until we watch in horror a he fall to the ground . joe and one of the stranger and jed and a mysterious man and run to where the man have fall . when they arrive and it be obvious he be dead while the men feel helpless . jed and who have try to have joe look at the dead man and be a man who and at first and seem harmless and but he will reappear again in the story . jed and who live with claire and a sculptor and be a university professor . he can not forget the scene he witness . what appear to be an easy go relationship get complicate because and suddenly and jed begin to obsess with the accident . even their good friend and robin and rachel and begin to get concern about joe mental state . jed and the man in the field and reappear innocently enough and one day . he become a nuisance that joe can not shake . it become obvious that jed have fall in love with joe and something totally unexpectedly . joe can not shake this man out of his life until he show up at claire studio where he and joe have a final confrontation . roger michell seem to be the right man for bring this strange story to the screen . ian mcewan novel of the same title serf a the model for a film that have nothing to do with traditional love . the title itself be deceive and one wonder who really be the who endure the love in the story . be it jed whose love for joe be unrequited and or be it perhaps claire and who see her life shatter after an innocent day when her life with joe be at one of it best moment . joe penhall adaptation of the novel work well in the film . daniel craig give a good performance a joe and the man who awaken a love on another man and can not cope with what be do to his life . rhys ifan jed be the more interesting part because one have no clue if he be serious enough and or whether he be mentally insane because of the way he pursue joe . samantha morton do a fine job a claire and something that be always the case . the supporting player be good a well . bill nighy and susan lynch and and corin redgrave and especially and enhance the picture . it must be note that jeremy sam music score work brilliantly in the film . the cinematography of haris zambarloukos and nicolas gaster edit make the film much well . finally and it be roger michell who pull it all together to bring all the character of mr. mcewan alive for u in the film .