Ah, Bill Nighy, how I love you. I am so glad you finally got an Oscar nomination, and you justly deserve it. This is no small feat because even attempting a remake of Ikuru (I mean it took 60 years to do so) seems foolhardy, and yet, while no where near the masterpiece of the original, this film has plenty to recommend it.
The first, of course, being Nighy's performance. I greatly enjoyed how carefully crafted the British world of…