like a dream

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2000)

A perfect film...
Provocative, edgy, classic performances, more quotes than I could keep track of, suspense, and very funny in a scary way.
The resignation letter that Lester submitted was about as funny a thing as I have ever heard.
The film left me with a very odd feeling - a liberated feeling - I didn't find it depressing or sad at all - rather uplifting. Very odd. I enjoyed Lester's transformation and the end was better that he didn't have a chance to slip back into his previous lifestyle or get arrested or put in a mental institution. Society deems Lester's actions as irrational and he would have surely been beaten down. This ending leaves Lester in a state euphoria - or at least it left me in a state of euphoria.
This was a powerful film.
My favorite scene of all was when Lester met Rickey for the first time on the roof. That was classic. It set the movie into motion like a rocket launcher. It seemed like the movie moved at lightening pace - yet the tone seemed patient and calculating. Another interesting illusion.
10/10