So far it's the best American movie of the year.

What's profound about it is its intimacy. You feel as if you were there, and it happened to you, and its heroism, the heroism of everyday life, is yours.

This is the most disappointing film of the year, considering its pedigree -- a Mike Nichols film from a Nora Ephron script, starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson.

…each meal glimpsed in this movie has got a complete easy-to-follow recipe in the original book. It’s such a cool idea that it’s a shame that Ephron the writer doesn’t carry forward her own innovative idea…