In the new American film ‘It’s Complicated’, written and directed by Nancy Meyers, Merryl Streep plays Jane, a well to do middle class, middle aged woman, torn between two lovers. The two lovers are her ex husband Jake (Alec Baldwin), who after dumping her for a younger woman some nine years previously, falls in love with her all over again, and Adam (Steve Martin), the architect she has recently employed to make fresh home renovations. The film’s denouement hangs on the choice that she needs to make between, putting it bluntly, the old and the new.

Meyers ‘It’s Complicated’ is major league romantic comedy. Above all, this is a hugely entertaining film. It’s been so long since I’ve seen a film that has had so many genuinely clever and funny scenes.