The score, by Michael Nyman, is brilliantly consistent.

A lot of powerful repetitions (the swim, the hair, the protagonists) somehow never came across as too laboured.

Uma Thurman didn’t lend much to the film. Though that might just be because I’ve always found Uma Thurman to be a really weird-looking person (and not a very good actor).

There is this weird point, about three minutes before the end, where I cried at the slightest facial expression from Ethan Hawke. I hadn’t been convinced of his acting ability up to that point, where I was crying.

This film could have had some really obvious lines about exceeding your own potential and being the Best That You Can Be, but it (more or less) avoided them.

Jude Law was brilliant in this, and should play more understated supporting roles. (Watson doesn’t count.)