Unexpedted gem!

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2006)

This could very well be one of the most profound movies ever to come out of Hollywood in the last 10 years or so. I remember that I did not have any expectations when it came out, but was I surprised! Kevin Spacey is great, Bening is alright, but the mood and pace of the film is the real star. It possesses a rare meditative quality that is far from being self indulgent as many films of this kind tends to be. It is a remarkable work and it manages to reestablish some hope in a time where hope seems to have abandoned the world. It is an honest movie and that is what we need to see today on the screen! Not reality but real emotions and real thoughts conveyed in a fictitious frame.