Hmmm? This one is a poser? In some ways I like the "Amelie" style quirkiness, but I also like the more serious elements too, so it's a bit hard to quantify a review, because I'm not sure that they go together? It kind of needed to be all one way or the other or a very fine lined balance of both in the middle. I'm not sure they hit that mark.

Overall the film was made very well and the acting was superb. I particularly liked the actor playing Dr HoffStetler/Bob, who I think is an underrated actor. It's also nice to see the guy playing the gay neighbour getting more work. Wasn't he in 'Six Feet Under' or was it 'Lost'? In fact, as I've said they all did very well, but I don't have the time to list all of their talents.

I have to say I was expecting it to be less about the espionage side of things and more about the blossoming romance. The trailers seemed to suggest that it would have more similarities to 'Splash', but be more of an art house, pretty to look at type of film, than a cold war spy story with underground experiments.

There are a number of points that quite literally turned my stomach, but also some very sweet and tender moments. It was good that things didn't always go as expected, but it would have been nice to see more of the Pie Man and have that develop as I hoped it would.

I may have to come back to this review, as I'm still not sure what I think about it. It's definitely something that makes you stop to think and there are messages in there to be found.