A romantic film about a couple which by Hollywood’s unrealistic standards aren’t the type one would quite expect to headline a romcom.

Albert and Eva represent actual people in actual society, facing real problems, quite unlike the airbrushed and photoshopped superstars we are used to seeing in films who seem far too good to be true. This is what appealed to me most about the film: the fact that it represents human beings who come with their own set of idiosyncratic quirks which ultimately forms an innate part of their personal fabric. The writing is witty and original and the leads have perfect chemistry. This tends to give us as viewers an almost strange feeling of witnessing a couple on a real date or having sincere conversation.

Albert and Eva are two middle aged divorcees who happen to meet at a party. They end up dating and fall for each other, and in a surprising twist of fate Eva ends up being the masseuse and confidante of her boyfriend’s ex-wife. Without his (or the ex’s) knowledge, of course. This creates the opening for a comical situation wherein Eva learns all about Albert’s flaws from the ex and uses this acquired knowledge as a compass to guide her new relationship. By engaging in such clandestine (and some might say, unethical) behaviour, when this truth ultimately spills out in the open, she loses Albert’s trust. Spoiler Alert: she wins it back in the very end (while you did see it coming, it still feels balmy…)

Enough Said is an interesting exercise on the human psyche; of how people end up doing things they know they shouldn’t be doing in their best interests to protect themselves from getting hurt; the memory of past scars all too fresh on the remembering canvass of the mind. The film makes you empathise with and sympathise for the characters, be it their problems with clutter, managing weight, their withholding of dangerous secrets and even their inability to fire a maid.

We delve into the world of couples and how these relationships function, the love of parents for their only children, and their fears and insecurities. It is a wonderful film which makes us think of all the things and the people in our lives that we hardly cherish and take for granted. A must watch.