Truly, madly, deeply (d. Anthony Minghella) stars Juliet Stevenson as Nina, a recently widowed woman whose dead husband returns from beyond the grave to be with her. Despite the element of fantasy, this is a genuine study of grief and longing, with Stevenson delivering a truly heart-breaking performance. It's also refreshingly unglamorous - the man attempting to win Nina's affections has a receding hair-line and an awkward gait - in a way that only British films seem to manage. The only fly in the ointment is Alan Rickman as the ghostly presence. I'm usually a fan, but here his mannered performance is badly misjudged, somewhat undercutting the emotional impact of the film. (7/10)
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