This one was all about Heart.

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2006)

I grade movies on how the affect me as much if not more than artistry, content, editing, etc. This movie has haunted me for weeks, and was the first movie that made me cry since I was about ten years old. Not just choked up, and not like I felt like I might cry and resisted; there was no resisting about this one. That's enough for me right there to put it in my top ten all time films as far as personal effect. When you add in amazing spare storytelling and editing, amazing sparse shooting, fascinating lighting and production, nuanced acting, and incredible music, or rather an incredible all around matching of editing, production, and score, with overall social impact and an important and timely message...you have a classic; Oscar or no Oscar. That is why the few flaws tend to fade in my mind...and why any flaws tend to seem insignificant, and mentioning them churlish, in the face of such impact...and why they have so little to do with my rating. This one was all about heart.