The title and the trailer present this film as a comedy. It follows several months in the life of Rose (Amy Adams), a 30-something single mother working as a house cleaner. She is sleeping with her high school boyfriend who is married to someone else. Rose’s sister, Norah (Emily Blunt) is a loser still living at home with her father. The father (Adam Arkin) is a salesman who has spent his life looking for the big score, and never finding it. Does that sound like a comedy? This film doesn’t fit neatly into any genre. It’s actually a slice of life, and like life consists of happiness and sorrow, pleasure and pain. The inability to classify the film seems to have bothered some of the critics, but it didn’t bother us. We were delighted with the characters and the story. Amy Adams is a favorite of ours and we have been impressed with her talent and charm every time we’ve seen her. When she smiles, it’s like the sun coming out from behind a cloud. She makes Rose seem valiant rather than pathetic. Adams and Blunt have great chemistry and elevate the story to something special. And of course, Arkin is Arkin. And that’s a good thing. I should mention Steve Zahn who plays Rose’s lover. We saw two films today (The Great Buck Howard was the other one.) and Zahn was in both of them. He played vastly different characters, but was excellent in both films. He is a versatile and under-appreciated actor. Emily Blunt was also terrific in both of the films we saw today. She has certainly fulfilled the promise she showed in The Devil Wears Prada. GRADE B+