Best picture...by a wide margin. Best actor & Best Director.

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2001)

This is not just the best picture of the year, it is the best picture by a very wide margin. Great acting and direction. It has stayed imprinted this past hour after the completion of the movie. (We got to see it this evening, December 18th, as an Entertainment Weekly/Universal sneak preview.) An aside is that the aging of the characters is the best I have ever seen (best make-up and mannerisms. What a treat this film was! ...truly, I am not easy to impress.