Many layers of meaning . . .

Rating: 9/10 (3 October 1999)

This is an excellent film, very honest and savvy -- depicting and dramatizing many of the issues and questions that besiege us in a society that grows increasingly more complex. The narrator, Kevin Spacey, tells us of the questions and confusions that come along with adolescence . . . referring to his daughter he says, "I wish I could tell her they will pass -- but they don't." Is this not a correct statement? There is a WHOLE LOT woven into this tale . . . it is perhaps the best film of the year . . . very funny, entertaining and provocative.