In the hundreds of films we have watched together, never have Mrs W and I been so divided.
The credits rolled on Steven Spielberg's War Horse and I wanted to break into applause. She then pricked my balloon by claiming it had been laughable.
To my astonishment, Miss W and her fella joined in the tirade, claiming it was worth no more than 4/10.
Poppycock, I say. Sure, it is pure schmaltz but is also a wonderful throwback to days in the cinema where battles scenes didn't have to lop off limbs in every scene and the dialogue didn't have to be riddled with expletives.
In a nutshell, anyone who has got enough romance in their heart to love Spielberg's classic ET will love this.
Mrs W has a heart of stone. I am a big softie.
It's true, that the story is a bit daft.
A Devon farmer (Peter Mullan) buys a colt for a price he can't afford just because he wanted to gazump the local squire (David Thewlis) at auction.
But, the horse inevitably comes good under the tutelage of the farmer's son (Jeremy Irvine) who christens him Joey.
Then the first world war breaks out and our Joey is sold to the army so he can do his bit on the frontline.
I guess the most surprising element to the movie is that there is no human star. Irvine is probably on screen the most but even he disappears for large swathes of the war.
No, Spielberg has backed the horse all the way. He concentrates on his adventures and he has them by the bagful, reminding us of Lassie or even the Skippy the bush kangaroo at times.
Along the way, his supporting cast include the likes of Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Niels Arestrup and Eddie Marsan.
But they all flit in and out while the horse remains supreme.
So why did I like it?
Well, because it took me back to watching Black Beauty on Sunday afternoon telly when I was a kid, I guess. There was also a hint of National Velvet, one of the films I grew up with.
In other words, it was family entertainment of yore. Yes, it is laden with sugar and cheese but great family films are.
And this is a great family film. The scenes in Devon are beautiful and those in wartime (grisly bits excepeted) are typical Spielberg. The detail of every scene is superb.
Yes, the cynic in me could have picked a catalogue of implausibilities in the plot but this was a film in which reality should be cast aside and the inner child reached for.
Laughs: Three, including one good one
Jumps: None
Vomit: Zero:
Nudity: Just the horses.
Overall rating: I am going no lower than 8/10 and that is knocking half a mark off because of the baying naysaysers in my family.
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