Best of all, Iris sums up how it feels to be treated disrespectfully by someone you love, and the utter horror of having to face up to unrequited love, when she delivers the following lines:

“It doesn’t matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends… you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong, or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell, for that brief moment, you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he’ll see the light and show up at your door.

“And after all that, however long all that may be, you’ll go somewhere new. And you’ll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.”

Thankfully, as is the way in all truly loving friendships, Iris and Arthur teach each other how to be content. Since Arthur hasn’t “been busy since 1978”, Iris shows him that he still has a valued place in the world after retirement. And, in return, he shows her how to have true “gumption”, which leads her to find a partner much better suited to her: Miles (played by Jack Black), and his madness for all-things-musical.

“Why Christmas doesn’t start until I’ve watched The Holiday”