It is touching and sweet. It is also meandering and unconvincing.

It is an impressive cinematic achievement.

A captivating and beautiful experience.

While this definitely doesn’t fall into the excellent category, it is a thoughtful adult drama, with a tremendous performance at its center.

Sometimes, I felt like I got it. Sometimes, I was puzzled. Yet I was always intrigued.

Fast-moving and smart, it is a message movie where the message does not come at the expense of entertainment.

Ben Affleck and screenwriter Alex Convery have done something pretty remarkable here: they have made this story consistently entertaining.

It features an excellent lead performance and does justice to the subtle emotions of its moving story.

I found it to be moving, heartfelt and sympathetic, as well as sad. Brendan Fraser is worthy of every ounce of praise.

The result is bold, uneven, frustrating and entertaining. It may not be great but, since it is so many other fun things, does it need to be.