Director Steven Spielberg delivers all the pay-offs you expect from show-pony cinema.

A blitzkrieg of woo-woo is the ultimate acquired taste.

The laugh-out-loud moments are deep-rooted in disturbing home truths.

What really rocks this alternate world is Ryan Gosling’s goofy, nerdy, wholly human portrayal.

However you read its catalogue of damages, the impossible love story never gives up on itself.

Kevin James is boundlessly endearing as a blindsided would-be groom.