First off, this is not an art film. Art films have the tendency to put a paper love and transcribe it to the big screen. This is not that type of film. This film wears its heart on its sleeve and is proud of it. I think I started tearing up within the first five minutes and ended up running the whole gamut of my emotions. Sean Penn is unreal. Michelle Pfeiffer fantastic. The whole cast is perfect. This is not a movie for everyone and I'm sure that it will be criticized for being predictable and over-the-top in its heartwarming (wrenching) tendencies. Don't let it stop you from seeing it, I think it's the type of movie everyone could use about now.