Shocking and Affecting Film

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2003)

I went into this film with fairly low expectations, however I came out having experienced a moving and powerful movie.
The film was beautifully shot. And I know it has been said many times and is now considered a cliché but the scene following the carrier-bag in the breeze was stunning.
The performances were amazing, Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening and all the rest of the cast were perfectly cast.
What more can be said without starting to sound pompous (you should have seen the paragraph I just deleted!!!). It is just a superb and moving and disturbing cinematic experience.