Excellent movie with 3 Oscar worthy performances

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 1999)

To tell the truth after reading Roger Ebert's review I didn't want to go see this picture. As the father of 4 daughters I didn't think I would enjoy seeing a grown man lusting after a teenager. However, friends raved about it so I went tonight. It was not what I first thought it would be. It was deeply thoughtful and so well written, acted and directed that it could be the best picture made this year. Its very funny and very sad and when it was over I thought to myself that I just saw an excellent motion picture that kept me wondering all through it what was going to happen next. Performances by Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening and Chris Cooper (who I personally think is one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood) are definitely destined to be considered for Oscar nominations. If you are willing to see a really adult movie go to this one.