More than a cliff-hanger. A movie that will hang with you for a long time.

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2012)

I walked into this movie expecting to be shocked into laughter with all sorts of grotesque black humor. I didn't get what i expected, and i'm glad i didn't.
I did laugh. I laughed like i would if i was hanging out with Kyle, getting hammered and chasing skirt, trying desperately not to take life too seriously. Because this is one of those rare movies that make you forget you're watching a movie. I felt like one of the guys, truly disturbed by the tribulations, truly relieved by the few good news. I was spitting insults at Rachael, like i'd been waiting for years to let her know. I wanted to hug Adam's Mother. And i think i might have fallen a little in love with Katherine.
I feel like an idiot saying this, because after all the hundreds of movies i've seen in my life, i was sure i'd be immune to this gullibility. I really really wasn't prepared to cry like a little girl at what should've been just a fun creepy comedy. I must have some weird eye disease or something.
But that's how good this movie is.
John Levine has crafted a flawless pearl. His directing is so perfectly impartial, so focused on the characters instead of style, that it allows for the actors to become their parts in such a complete way, you'd be surprised if they were actually different people in real life.
A must-see work of art which will leave you staring endlessly at the credits all the way to the last line, directing the rest of the movie in your head, like you were planning to meet them all again tomorrow...