Finally, a filmmaker has gotten it right.

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2005)

I was lucky enough to screen Brokeback Mountain before Thanksgiving and, like many others, the film will not leave my mind. Perhaps it's because I had a similar experience twenty years ago. Everything about the film solidifies that it is a love story, not a gay love story. It is just the most incredible work I've seen in a long time. To say that the film is "Groundbreaking," which is what one reviewer stated, is an understatement. I think this film will change a lot of stereotypes that many narrow minded people have, if they have the open mind to view it. Heath Ledger's voice coach deserves an Oscar. Ang Lee's direction was superb. Larry McMurtry couldn't have stayed truer to Proulx's story. Proulx's standout line: "If you can't fix it, you just have to stand it," is so profound. I woke the next day so emotionally drained, I didn't answer any calls that day. As a film student, that takes a seriously groundbreaking film to do that to me.