I've noticed lately that I've been writing a lot of positive reviews.
In fact, a mate told me last week that I am too generous by pretty much one or two points every time.
This criticism has played heavily on my mind but I have come to the conclusion that there is a simple reason I am so upbeat: I love movies and I am always looking for them to succeed.
I never come from the angle of anticipating or hoping for failure.
This is precisely the best way to view a light low-budget comedy drama like Booked Out.
It means that, in my eyes, the charm overwhelms all else.
Essentially, Bryan O'Neil's movie is little more than a quirkfest, involving an arty young apartment block resident (Mirren Burke), the target of her affections (Rollo Weeks), his virtually bed-bound friend (Claire Garvey) and their elderly widowed neighbour (Sylvia Syms).
Burke is always seeing the lighter side of life and is hopeful that her first animated novel will be taken by a publisher.
Weeks has eyes for her but his relationship with the morose Garvey is not clear. Is she his girlfriend or maybe his sister?
And then there is Syms. The one-time 60s pin-up sheds all pretences to beauty as an old woman who can't get over the death of her husband two weeks previously.
Bryan O'Neil's script is occasionally playful but often painful because its targets are both love and loss. Either way its observations are thought-provoking and often funny.
Burke's bounciness is a splendid antidote for Weeks's character's more earnest approach to life.
But Syms steals the show. She plays loving but often confused with aplomb.
As I suggested, Booked Out won't be everyone's cup of tea. In fact, I've already read a couple of negative reviews.
But it has a big heart and for that its sparkling script and the performance of Sylvia Syms, it is worth watching.
Laughs: a fair few sniggers
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 6/10