Simply Awesome!

Rating: Null/10 (27 March 2002)

I went to see this picture for two reasons - 1) because my city is very proud of its "hometown boy" (Ron Howard), and 2) because I wanted to see what all the Oscar hoopla was about.
The film was mesmerizing. It touched us, stirring deep emotions while, at the same time, teaching us a very important lesson. I'll never view mental illness with callousness again.
I sat in the very back row of the theater and was the first one out when it was over. I then stepped aside and watched everyone else as they were leaving, and I noticed that not a single one of them was laughing or smiling. Every one of them was dead serious, and yet seemed to have gained a new and unexpected awareness of what it's like to have a mental illness. I suspect they were just as profoundly affected as I was.
This film deserved every Oscar it received. Bravo!