Haunting

Rating: 10/10 (12 September 2005)

Saw this movie at the Toronto Int'l Film Festival on Saturday night. I was completely pulled into the movie and deeply affected, so much so that I spent most of Sunday feeling rather depressed (in a good way I suppose). I don't remember being so much affected by a love story in the movie form since watching Dr. Zhivago for the first time as a dreamy 17 year old. There are scenes in this movie that are so poignant that I literally felt like "someone was pulling the guts out hand over hand a yard at a time", to quote Ms. Annie Proulx.
Heath Ledger gave an incredible performance. Loved Michelle Williams as well - definitely worthy of a best supporting actress nod.
And don't forget to read the beautiful short story as well!