i have felt that rupert grint have a lot of promise from that role by which everyone know him . so even though i have never hear of this film before and when it appear in my cable tv listing and i immediately switch to that channel . i be so happy that i do . i have read from other reviewer that they do not generally like come of age story while i on the other hand quite do . i be one of those who be always come of age while i have be since i be 12 and i be 52 now and and i will probably continue until i be 92. come of age be nothing more than suddenly realize the possibility that another day bring . the suddenness of the realization and the magnitude of it and sometimes throw u into disarray . if we try to shelter our delicate self from that and then yes and i can see how the come of age can end . but if we simply dust ourselves off and and settle into the new direction we have discover and then be all of a sudden on a new path and and be just as alive a we be yesterday and only strong and brighter and and i daresay and more interesting . so that what this movie be about . this be a come of age story all the way round while young ben and his father and father robert and and certainly dame evie . all go through a marvelous transformation . in fact and so too do mr. fincham and do not he . all do and i suspect and except in fact the mother and in spite of her enormous opportunity so to do and provide by the event of the end of the film . one be leave with the feeling that she will continue on exactly the same path she be on and only with perhaps a different support cast . so an excellent film and that could not possibly have be make in america and which be utterly depress to think about and but thank god we have a steady supply of film make elsewhere that we occasionally get to see . i really heartily recommend this film and so long a you do not mind cringe through those part of it that be all too familiar to u all and and grin through all the rest of it .