Some elements of this movie are good...the story is good, the set production and "feel" is good...but the presence of very odd flat performances by Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks-in minor roles-was distracting and I never got past it. Meg Ryan-with her trout pout silicone lips, salon hair, and botox forehead believable as a 1940's small town housewife? Nope! The rest of the movie then lost credibility. Too bad Meg Ryan didnt just find 2 solid people for the roles as the parents... then maybe the movie would have been watchable.