My first reaction from this movie was accurate : the teen was indeed a much younger Dempsey who shows that he could be fun. Next, it was cool to discover that the movies happens in Quebec because it's an exotic change of place. After those twenty first minutes, my pleasure just get gone as the movie becomes a real pain : it uses the already seen cliché of the eccentric family and this one is really boring. As Dempsey says it himself, he is the lone intruder in their family territory and it's an situation that I depicts to have live personally this nightmare. As the characters rarely get out of this mansion, the feeling you got is just to be bottled up ! For those expecting that young Jenny would be there to bring warmness and sweetness, the story unbelievably prefers Dempsey to fall in love with the grandmother ! At the end, this movie is a total disappointment and belongs to the stinkers of Jenny's career !

Gabriella invites Michael to spend Christmas with the family in Quebec City. This includes the mother and father, plus sisters Simone and Irenka, and Irenka's boyfriend Nick.Michael runs afoul of just about everything. Gabriella tells him she is no longer in love with him. Gabriella's mother is a fairly strict Catholic who believes in avoiding sex before marriage. The family dog does not seem to like him.In a sub-thread, the grandmother is ill, and periodically escapes from the hospital to be with her dead husband at their previous home. While looking for Granny, Michael falls down a shaft. Granny discovers him, and they go back to where Granny lived with her husband, also named Michael.Michael gets a second round of this when the others go skiing, Nick goes for petrol, and Michael thinks he's alone with her. Michael finds Granny's long missing 'summer shoes.' When he tries to present her with them, he finds that Granny has gone to yet another house.On the way back to the hospital, Granny's health plummets. Nick and Michael don't quite get her back in time. The funeral was held before Christmas. Nick leaves after the viewing. At Christmas, things are a bit somber. Michael meets (yes, mysterious) Young Granny at the family tomb.Michael has farewell discussions before he goes home.-----Scores-----Cinematography: 10/10 Professional presentation, start to finish.Sound: 9/10 The actors were properly miked, and most of the incidental music was well-chosen.Acting: 8/10 Patrick Dempsey was brilliant, as were Lila Kedrova, Andre Gregory, Florinda Bolkan, and Sanna Vraa. Jennifer Connelly was hard to recognise, and was more irritating than anything else.Screenplay: 8/10 Clever and mature.

This is one of my all-time favorite films. It was too subtle and philosophical to make it in the mainstream. The various 'love' themes between sisters, mothers and daughters, husband and wife are all beautiful. But the love between the boy and old woman - a love that spans lives and time - goes beyond touching; it's eternal and amazing. Other than the Granny's accent being Russian and not French, I found the movie flawless! Wish it came in DVD!

This film goes beyond the usual boundaries of its genre insurprising and sensitive ways. While always amusing, it is alsogenuinely intelligent and genuinely emotional without ever beingpreachy or maudlin, thus placing itself far above 98% of the filmsout there. Jennifer Connelly gives a luminous performance andPatrick Dempsey infuses his character with a flawless combination of frustration, joy and wonder. The story itself isgrounded in the "coming of age" sex comedies of the 70's and80's, just long enough to set things in motion. Once the film reallyhas its own legs, however, it delves more deeply into thecomplicated and strange family relations that drive the themes andpropel the plot toward a beautiful and somewhat unexpectedconclusion."Some Girls" has easily been among my favorite films since thefirst time I viewed it as a rental I had not previously heard of. Theonly tip-off that it might be something extraordinary was the superbsupporting cast, and I have rarely been so delighted at havingpicked a winner.