Douglas is superb, playing his age for once and finding rhythms and humour in the most unexpected places. Grady's odyssey is engaging on several levels, and the surrounding characters bring the film to a startling, raw life that makes it terrific fun as it rattles through the story, piling wacky farce upon awkward embarrassment, and all the while maintaining the plot's serious subtext. McDormand, especially, shines in her role, adding depth with the most minute, telling detail. Downey steals all of his scenes as well, and Maguire gives the film a terrific focal point--a complicated, difficult character we begin to figure out long before the truth dawns on Grady. After all the unhinged antics--both in Kloves' script and Hanson's direction--the ending may be a bit abrupt and simplistic. But it's still a thoroughly entertaining, quirky comedy with the rare power to leave a warm smile your face.