neil burger offbeat and quirky and dramatic movie be a triumph . it succeed in all the aspect and from the technical part to the acting and i can not find a single negative thing about it . burger doesn not dilly dally around and he go straight to the point of his subject and give a fair amount of time for each of the three character ( mcadams and pena and robbins ) to develop and eventually you can not help but really like them . a lot . especially mcadams but more on that later . the script be tightly wind and the chemistry between the three protagonist doesn not seem force and the movie doesn not force you to like them the moment the movie start but instead and these colorful character will gradually grow on you . tim robbins and one of my favorite actor and doesn not disappoint . 2008 and i have see him in two movie the other one be the city of ember . and as long a a movie have tim robbins in it and i be sell . that why i watch the movie in the first place . michael pena and another great guy and give off a good vibe towards the movie and once you know what be bother his character and you can not help but laugh at how one side and ridiculous his problem be . pena give one of his great performance on screen . and of course and the belle of the ball and the star of the show and rachel mcadams give a quirky and zesty and joyful performance a a lovable southerner and i can not help but be remind of another quirky and zesty and joyful character and amelie . she just keep the laugh roll in and steal every scene she in . she give the character such depth that one might come off a one dimensional have it be portray by a less talent . definitely an underrated performance for 2008. highly recommend .