The scenery was beautiful, the background music very appropriate to the scene, and Julia was superb as usual. The rest of the cast was not your typical "top stars" but played their parts like stars. My friend had read the book and said the movie was even better.
Agree with previous review that said we are all aware of the homeless. The acting by RDJ was fantastic and JF was good, but all the shots of those less fortunate than most only degrades them more.