Truly Madly Deeply (1991)

Truly Madly Deeply is an intelligent, moving, and deeply funny story about love and death. Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a scatterbrained professional translator, has lost the love of her life, Jamie (Die Hard's Alan Rickman). As her life (and her flat) slowly falls to pieces, she's inundated by an endless stream of repair men and eligible suitors. But rather than go on with life, Nina dwells on her dead love, slumped at her piano, endlessly playing half of a Bach duet. Then, in a truly magical sequence, his cello suddenly joins her melody ... and Jamie's back from the dead.

At first it's bliss. (Think of the superficially similar blockbuster Ghost--only with real people instead of pretty faces Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze.) But Nina gradually realizes it's a thoroughly real Jamie who's back, complete with every annoying, argumentative fault she'd conveniently forgotten. (He might be dead, he explains, but he still attends political meetings.) Moreover, he has to hide whenever any of the living are around. And he's constantly ice-cold. And he invites his dead pals to her place at all hours. What's a living woman to do?

Director Anthony Minghella went on to create the melodramatic period piece The English Patient--but in this film, he shows a far more sensitive, subtle touch. The photography is brilliant, capturing the simple beauties of suburban London. And the wonderfully acted characters, quirky and all too real, will keep you laughing--and always guessing what will happen next. --Grant Balfour Amazon.com

Thank You, David Minghella

Many other reviewers have already said most of what needs to be said about this film. With the recent, too-early death of the film's screenwriter and director, Anthony Minghella, I would only like to add a brief homage. In this film, Minghella taught us about the power of love, the courage of letting go and moving on, and the abiding comfort we obtain through our memories. This is one of the finest movies I have ever seen, and I salute Mr. Minghella's creative genius. We have lost a great artist. March 24, 2008

Slow start, good middle, great ending

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RIVYLFYU2535Q This movie almost lost my interest in the first quarter, then became good, and then ended perfectly. November 10, 2007

Truly Madly Deeply in Love with this film

There are So many romantic comedies made, why can't they be as creative, as touching, realistic and human as this one. The gist of the story you may know, Nina the main character is incredibly heartbroken after the death of her beloved Jamie. She finds her life difficult to manage and her grief is palpable. One day without her knowledge Jamie returns as a ghost. At first she is overwhelmed and happy, and becomes slightly withdrawn from the world. Nina feels now that she can continue on, she slowly begins to interact and meet new people. All the while Jamie lives at her flat and invites the occassional ghost friend over for video watching. Nina is still in love with Jamie, yet as time goes on she starts to remember all of his undesireable qualities she forgot in her revisionist romanticism. She is torn between life and death, she eventually chooses life and Jamie learns what he must do (to descibe anymore would be a SPOILER)
Really heartbreaking material which is done so beautifully, the actors involved are amazing. Juliet Stevenson is the gem of this film.
"Death cannot stop true love it can only delay it a while" -Wesley-"Princess Bride" September 4, 2007

Magnificent

Prepare your emotions for this movie. You will laugh (from chuckles to guffaws); you will cry (from catches-in-the-throat to sobs). You will remember this movie--particularly when grieving--since, here, grief loses. August 26, 2007

Nostalgia:how we CHOOSE to remember things as they were

A truly original concept of showing that things are not exactly as you remembered them to be!!! When someone leaves us, for whatever reasons,as time progresses we tend to only remember all of the wonderful things about that person.Our ache and emptiness are palpable as we feel the void of their absence.Is what we feel totally accurate? This is the theme explored in this quite quirky comedy (of sorts) starring widowed Nina (a young vteran screen icon Juliet Stevenson) and her all-to-present ghost -of-a-husband Jamie (a much younger Alan Rickman).Nina just can't reconcile herself with Jamie's sudden and almost-silly death from a "sore throat".She numbly paces out each day,miserable without him,lost in a world filled with all of the trmendous goodness and passion that Jamie was......OR WAS HE??? See how two of the finest Brit actors play out this darkly-rich comedy.The screenplay,as well as the pace itself, can be a tad slow in the beginning,but Stevens and Rickman do their neurotic best to keep this very different film afloat.Each actor has gone on to such acclaim, that it is wonderful to see them in their earlier days. February 18, 2007

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