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I loved the original movie with Anne Hathaway.

I loved this more.

It had time to build and show all the days in Dex and Emma's lives where they overlapped and shared in life together. And to do this with tenderness, humour and enough detail for it all to matter that much more.

And how these days jigsawed into a picture that they could not fully see at the start, but knew was waiting to be assembled together.

Grab some tissues, grab a drink, hold the hand of your loved one and settle in to soak this up.

Most memorable scene, must be the maze for me. Getting lost together and in so doing finding themselves.

Bloody loved it.

Having emigrated twice in my life to new countries with our children - this movie hit a deep nerve inside. And yes it made me cry.

It made me cry for the dilemma so many families around the world face. How to make ends meet and provide the best opportunities for your children and family, when the challenges in your home country just get too much.

I lived in South Africa, and it was just over 20 years ago when we emigrated to NZ with our first son, and not a lot else. The daily pressures in SA just got too close to home, and as new parents we decided, in those pre-google days, to forge a new life in a new country totally sight unseen. And then we did it all over again with our then 3 sons to Australia.

So this film stunningly shot in B+W and tenderly and lovingly portrayed by the stellar cast, really found a place in my heart.

A place where there are still some gaps and which is still a little uprooted if I am honest. So many parents around this world will identify with this story, and the compassion, love and heartbreak that comes with living in and leaving a place you have rooted yourselves in.

I absolutely loved this film.

Grab some tissues. And settle in to a comfy chair to soak up this masterpiece by direct Kenneth Branagh.

Ps ... most memorable scene for me - the shot of the three generations holding hands in hospital.

I am not going to tell you about the story - all the words written don't convey the true sense of this.

A movie that makes you feel all the emotions that make us human: Hope, Love, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Rage, Anger, Loss.

It's a masterpiece of humanity in all its glory.

And as I said in the title - I needed to watch it at the moment I did. A moment the day after my mother had passed 2 years ago - a long long way away in a different country. Away from me.

This film opened my heart - and a lot came spilling out and pouring in. Only a parent can know - and I now know Mum.

Love you lots.

May the sky hold you.