I had put off seeing this film for far too long. Initially the trailer looked great, with an amazing cast, and great director. Something just kept me from seeing it all these years. Likely culprit: ROMCOM. After seeing every episode of VEEP, and most of The Sopranos. I finally geared up to watch this film, on HBOgo. But, I failed to do so once again, always thinking I'd put it on when I couldn't decide what else to watch. Failed two times. Now I did finally watch this film, this past week in fact, on a flight. This says nothing to the quality of the film, as it was among some amazing film choices. What does speak to the quality of the film is how engaged I was throughout, on a ten inch screen. The acting and casting in this film is impeccable, to say nothing of the script and direction. I found myself tearing up a few times in fact. I won't bore you more with plot synopsis, except to say how refreshing it was to get a film about second romances, all the while losing the fantasy aspect of most romantic comedies. Having Julia Louis-Dreyfus assuming the "male" character I thought was genius. She and James have great chemistry that builds throughout the film. Everything works in the film, above all the honesty throughout. The title of the film perfectly sums up this review.

Enough Said (2013)We used to come up with the phrase, "It's a Nora Ephron movie." And we knew what that meant, a contemporary "woman's picture," focusing on women and appealing to women viewers. Now there is a slightly more acerbic and less bubbly update, "It's a Nicole Holofcener movie."She might hate that idea—Ephron is a great writer but is sometimes maligned for being too glib and feel-good. And that's the pleasure of a Holofcener movie, a more real and delicate slice of life. This kind of aura depends on great acting—and we have that here. James Gandolfini is terrific, and his sometimes flame here, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, is his match. Both are nuanced and deeply engaged in a restrained and very believable way. It's right on.There are no pyrotechnics here, no outrageous turns of plot, no murders or improbable dramatics. Which means that this is not a roller coaster wild ride. It's just some normal people figuring out their lives. But so well done you get involved. It might not seem like enough sometimes, that the revelations of the main characters don't really matter enough, but that's how it is, that's how life is.So, yes, it works as a movie, and is absorbing. It sometimes skims clichés, especially with their children who are not developed as characters. But what it nails, it nails beautifully.

There are a number of key components that make a script or movie appealing. This movie was missing perhaps the most important element. If there isn't at least one character likable enough to make the watcher interested in finding out what happens to them, then what's the point of continuing watching.This movie not only didn't have a single stand out character, but it contained an endless series of painful emotional scenes, followed by a ho hum ending. The divorcée, who the movie centered around, behaved poorly consistently throughout the core of the movie. She possessed inadequate personal charm or redeeming characteristics to make the watcher want to forgive her poor choices.We watched it because of the ratings it received and a recommendation.When it finally, painfully, ended, we felt that we had more than wasted our time.Obviously, people who enjoy this sort of time filler are fundamentally different than us.

Omg, this was the most boring movie that I have seen in a very long time. Nothing happens, it's ridiculous! Thank goodness I saw it for free on HBOgo because I would have been so mad if I had actually paid money to see this unbelievable slow movie. Silly, silly, silly. The main characters are dumb smiling idiots, the one daughter of Eva is so wooden faced, they could have gotten a mannequin that looked more real. I mean this is worse than a high school play. I think that anyone that is entertained by this movie must have a very boring life. Yawn, jeez these two main actors are so above making a movie that says nothing, and I mean "nothing" Watching grass grow would have been more exciting!