Enough Said is a delightful, funny and sobering film about the problems of human relationships. Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Albert (James Gandolfini) take centre stage as two divorcees looking for a new relationship as their daughters prepare to flee the nest and go off to college. Eva, a masseuse, takes on a new client who turns out to be the ex-wife of Albert, a situation which inevitably causes problems between the middle-aged lovers.
It is a touching and honest account of the problems as well as the joys of relationships with laugh out loud moments that hark back to some of the best of Woody Allen’s work. The superb central performances (this was Gandolfini’s penultimate film) are backed by some fine ensemble performances, but Louis-Dreyfus, as a woman struggling to be honest in her relationships with her lover, her daughter and her daughter’s friend, is magnificent and the film is ultimately her story.
I haven’t enjoyed a film as much in ages. Amongst the gags, there’s one aimed fair and square at us Brits, but I won’t spoil anyone’s fun by saying any more. Go see it!