I absolutely loved this film. But I also absolutely loved the comments by Philip Davies (keep scrolling down this webpage until you come to his most intelligent and scathing review of this film).
I enjoyed the film because I felt it was good old-fashioned storytelling. Two strangers come to town, and it ends up being the biggest week of their lives. There are obstacles and struggles, humor and pathos, young people falling in love, old people finding their purpose in life at last, and wounded people becoming whole again. All in a few day's work. Plus I identified with the two Englishmen who couldn't get out of town. How many times have I been to a metaphorical train station only to have some bureaucrat say "Trains? What trains? There are no trains here."
I enjoyed the film because I felt it was good old-fashioned storytelling. Two strangers come to town, and it ends up being the biggest week of their lives. There are obstacles and struggles, humor and pathos, young people falling in love, old people finding their purpose in life at last, and wounded people becoming whole again. All in a few day's work. Plus I identified with the two Englishmen who couldn't get out of town. How many times have I been to a metaphorical train station only to have some bureaucrat say "Trains? What trains? There are no trains here."