Just wow. This film really has it all for me, humour, good story and motive and it really pulls on the heart strings. Really not what I expected from a Sandler film but this is definitely among the top films he's ever made.

I went into this film expecting to be crying, I recall seeing it when I was younger and remembered that it was sad, but couldn't remember specifics. There is a lot of emotions throughout this whole film, so make sure you've got tissues handy.

Firstly, Sandlers character is a difficult one to sympathise with, simply because he is so arrogant and impatient. There were many times when I thought "yeh you deserve to lose your wife if you behave like this". But that didn't stop it from being sad. Whilst I think this movie progressed really quickly, it definitely worked as the point of this movie felt like "life is quick". When it got to the later stages of his life it really started to get hard to watch without getting teary eyed. The scene where he last sees his father is a big one, one that really hurt, it made me want to just call my dad and talk to him forever.

The lesson of this film is outstanding, "family comes first" and it has an immensely effective way of getting that lesson across, I think this is going to be one of the films that I will never forget.

I could write lots about this film but I am struggling to find all the words.

8/10
18/04/2019