Perfect

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2010)

I'm not one to tout movies, actors, TV shows etc, but this movie just hit all of those personal nerve endings in such an amazingly eloquent way that I was just left stunned. So many friends and acquaintances of mine thought this movie was depressing and I was so perplexed by that reaction because I think it's incredibly uplifting. This man finally LIVED. How many of us get caught in that vortex of everyday life we think we need to suffer through, but he somehow broke free of that. Sure, it led to perhaps an early death, but he finally LIVED! Brilliant cast, brilliant writing, brilliant music -- to me, a true inspiration. "Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, that my heart just wants to cave in." So often we forget to live life for ourselves, and even when we can't have everything we want, forget to appreciate the beauty around us. This is one of the very few movies I'll watch over and over again for years to come because it's so rich.