you can read the many fine comment already make to appreciate why this be a superb movie that simply deserve to be see . if you appreciate the story and want to see how actor and director and the rest of the cast that make a film be there to tell the story and this be a good choice . it be evidence that hollywood can make significant art and brilliant storytelling and and impact entertainment . alan arkin and the whole film deliver . i saw this movie on an afternoon by chance on amc or tcm and have never forget it . i might never forget this film .