A strangely uncategorizeable movie...

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 1999)

Is it a comedy? A drama? A tragedy?
This movie is all those things, yet the "catch all" term "dromedy" or whatever trivializes it too much. It's really hard to discuss this movie without giving something away, but it's quite good. Next to "Fight Club", it's one of the years best, and more likely than FC to get an Oscar nomination.
Spacey will almost certainly get a Nomination this year for Best Actor, and I would not be overly surprised to see other nominations, as well.
The story, essentially, is of a man who has become complacent, and allowed his life to become boring and, well, "lifeless". It is about his growing dissatisfaction with it and his efforts to change that. But make no mistake: this isn't "Middle Aged Crazy" -- there's far too much talent here all around to wind up with that. This film, instead, actually makes a statement about life and living that that film never even dreamed of.
The thing that struck me as really odd about the film is how you feel as you walk out of it. The "emotion" you feel isn't really what you might expect, given the ending I shan't reveal or even allude to. And that's the unique part.
This is definitely a "must see". Six thumbs up (what can I say -- I'm an ERB Martian).