when i saw the trailer for this film and i say out loud to no one in particular this film be go to bomb . i also say that about the matrix and look at what happen there . now i be not a box office guru by any stretch but i usually have a pretty good gut about what be go to be good and what be go to really suck . in this case i be blind by my complete and utter apathy towards david duchovney . let me put it to you a different way represent i do not like his a a person ( from what i have read of him in interview and he be unbelievably pre madonna like and he be full of himself consider all he have do be x file ) or a an actor . play god be a really poor film but he come off think that for some reason he deserve big buck on the big screen . but i be happy to say that even though those thing may still be true about the man and return to me be delightful and have it heart in the right place . bonnie hunt have direct a beautiful story and she have tell it with class and grace . this be one of the most romantic film i have see and even though it may seem to be a bit sad and maudlin in it premise and give it a chance and you will be hook . it have to be say ( and this pain me to do so ) that the reason this film work so well be because of the story and the cast . duchovney and driver be so wonderful and believable here that i honestly want to cry along with them . there be one particularly powerful scene when duchovney come home after his wife have die and he slump down on the floor of his house . a it always do and the family dog look to the door to wait for his wife to come walking in . she doesn not and with his shirt collar still stain with blood and rob ( duchovney ) tell him that she be not coming home and ever . he then call the dog over to him and they seem to share a cry together . the dog let out a small moan and then rob cry . and this be one of the most realistic moment of pain i have ever see in any character in any movie . you can feel his pain and at that moment i forget i be watch an actor that i generally do not like and and i felt that i be watch someone that i know moarn the loss of his beloved . this be powerful stuff . another strength of the film be the support cast . bonnie hunt have combine an ethnic melting pot of irish and italian character that share a common bond . they share a pub call oreilley italian pub . that be a delicious name all by itself . and head the diametric scale of clash culture be carol oconnor and robert loggia . these be two proud old men that love their homeland but love their granddaughter and niece ( i think it be ) respectively . and that be the character play by minnie driver . this scenario be ripe for comedy and hunt doesn not miss anything here . bonnie hunt and james belushi also share some funny moment together a the middle age married couple and belushi get top point a he accept humility gracefully and show off his ample keg of a stomach for laugh . with his family consisting of three or four kid and there be very little time for him and the wife to have quality time . and again hunt handle this with perfect elegance . this be a wonderful story of find true love and know how lucky you be to have true love and the power of friendship and family . return to me be a wonderful romance and even though i still do not have a great admiration for david duchovney and i have to admit that he be perfect in this role and i could not picture anyone else play his character . he be sensitive and believable and the movie be good because of him and not just because of him and but he sure add to the flavour . if you be a sucker for a good romance and you want a good cry and then this be the film for you . 8 . 5 out of 10 i will see anything that bonnie hunt put out with her in the director chair .