amazingly beautiful and tragic

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2005)

This is a masterpiece for any genre of movie. It has a wealth of emotion conceived from the slightest amount of dialog. Not much is often said, but it is still all there. The actors and the scenery relate the story in simple and moving gestures. Heath Ledger and Michele Williams are especially powerful. The idea of gay cowboys may seem laughable to some, but under Ang Lee and the writers's care the movie becomes a ground breaking piece of story telling. It's a movie that can easily appeal to all audiences, but at the same time shows how far the gay community has come, and how far it still has to go for acceptance, without the movie being heavy or over political. Ang Lee has created a movie at it's heart is a beautiful and tragic American love story.