Even cuter.  That’s great.  

If you listen to the Better Call Saul podcast, you can tell the show is a pretty collaborative effort. So glad he listened.

Plus, it’s largely a true story, except the author of the original novel chose to also kill off the character based on himself as penance for failing to save his sister.

Calling Grave of the Fireflies “one of the most painful, dark, and beautiful films in the history of war cinema” is not overselling that movie at all; it’s definitely one of the two or three most moving, haunting films I’ve ever seen. Farewell to a true master.

Plus judging by the argument they were having after the party this was not the first time their grievances were aired.

that's correct. when a person gets to the point that they're asking for a divorce, they've reached the point where they either don't care if the person changes, because the relationship has already been damaged beyond repair, or they don't believe the person is capable of making the changes they're promising, usually…

ok, admittedly i haven't seen this movie in probably 20 years. but from what i recall, we're both making assumptions about what happened prior to the beginning of the movie. you seem to be assuming that sally fields never expressed any of her emotions or opinions and the deterioration of the marriage and that …

Oooh… it's funny because he's a limey bastard!

I remember this being the first family film I saw which actually tackled the subject of parents divorcing… usually they'd end with the parents getting back together and happily ever after kinda crap (like The Parent Trap). So I think the message of this film was extremely important, and very well handled.

what you seem to be saying is that her wanting a divorce means she's the bad guy because she asked for a divorce and didn't immediately reconsider when he said he'd change. I think you'd have to be terribly naive to believe: a) that robin williams was blindsided by this or that sally field made her decision on a…

Well, there definitely is a communication chasm there, just in the birthday party itself. "I'll come home early and bring the cake." "All right, and I'll rent a bunch of animals to let loose around the house." "Wait, what?"

But Harvey Fierstein is famous for performing in drag at times, right? Maybe his character isn't supposed to be far off from his real life?

those things notwithstanding, they were clearly having problems in their marriage prior to the birthday party and he clearly had no interest in solving those problems until she asks for a divorce. which strikes me as akin to convicts discovering Jesus only after they get caught. too little, too late.

look, as i've commented here, when i first saw the movie, i too thought she was the villain. and perhaps that's what the film intended. but upon further review, she's clearly not. and he'd have to be brain dead to be blindsided by her asking for a divorce, so his claim that he'd do anything to fix the marriage is…

I also think the figure of the mother (played excellently by Sally Field) is pretty tough. After all she's a normal person trying to make a household work with a pretty unreliable husband, which forces her to be the stern parent when actually she doesn't really want to be one.

unless you take the 2nd deleted scene and imagine it playing over and over, day in and day out. then tell me how much better it would have been had they "stayed together for the kids."

How do we handle this movie in 2016 with the whole "gender is fluid" notion? Yay or nay? Is Robin Williams parading around in a dress a celebration, or is it insensitive?

*Ahem* The piece of fruit which is hurled by Robin Williams at the back of Pierce Brosnan's head is very clearly a *lime*, not an apple.

My mom says I'm cool!

They bought it in the late '70's before housing prices exploded.