I get it. Cool! -- spoilers

Rating: Null/10 (31 March 2003)

This movie is about being an outcast. You have knowledge that can save the world -- but nobody believes you.
Dr. Railly (Madeleine Stowe) starts out as part of the academic establishment. By the end of the movie she's an outcast, run off with a mental patient. In one of the peak moments, she desperately spray-paints her warning to humanity on a wall. (Now I understand better some of the messages I see from people who have something to say but no way to be heard.)
Jim Cole (Bruce Willis), on the other hand, starts out as a semi-comatose loony who gains confidence and credibility (and the girl) as the movie progresses.
In spite of the different roads they are taking, and their growing passion and awareness, they are both moving towards their inevitable doom. It's a tragedy, but a beautiful one.
This movie is about facing life, love, reality, and your own self, in the face of an uncaring and doomed world. What do you want: to be a success, or to be real?