A wonderful way of story telling by bringing together a bunch of great actors.. Life is not always fair.. and you will only learn that when you are in hard times.. Very good laughs.. Billy Connolly is great as usual, besides good actors like David Tennant, Rosamund Pike, child actors did a great job.. must watch for heart warming..

Everyone knows Billy Connelly is funny and you can almost guarantee a laugh watching any movie he is in, similarly you can say it for most movies Ben Miller is in. Well that is my opinion anyway.Well forget that those two are in this one and watch this for the three funniest characters you will probably ever watch. They are all 10 years old or younger.I laughed so much in this movie and just loved it to bits.Watch it if you get the chance, absolutely hillarious.

The old saw is that families come together in crises, but we all know there is an equal chance that they will come apart. Rarely is it mentioned that both can occur, as is true in this gem of a movie. Even more rare is the notion of a joyous death, a death occurring in the middle of one's most cherished pursuits, spending time with grandchildren. More rare still (if not unprecedented) is that death can be celebrated with creativity and connection coming from children, who are ordinarily shielded from its realities, but who can not only rise to the occasion but, with their own mythologies, transcend it.It does not hurt that the adult cast is stellar nor does it hurt that the countryside is immeasurably beautiful nor that the child performers are the most adept wise fools and truth tellers to be seen in decades.I did not intend to write about this movie. I wanted to keep it as a secret for myself, to watch as the spirit might insist. Yet when I saw the anemic professional reviews, I felt compelled to speak up. So, if nothing else, the less than resounding applause from the professional front has shaken me loose from my selfishness and forced me to declare that all movie watchers everywhere would likely find something of delight in this film: see it!

I love the oldest daughter with the notepad and the comment she made to her dysfunctional parents, 'I'm ready to document all the lies you're going to tell me, so I can remember them'...something of that nature. I loved how the kids took charge and made decisions for themselves albeit they were choices that they heard coming from their grandfather's mouth. They wanted to respect his wishes. In the end, I liked the fact that they said 'nothing really matters' and I can relate because it's where we've been to where we are going. Nothing in between matters if it is not a fond or cherished memory. Let's see how far we've come and how far we go. Their accents were from Europe, so a bit challenging here in America.