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Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2006)

The acting brilliance was in the silence. Heath Ledger was amazing. I don't care what the topic was, whether or not is was a love story, acting without words the way he did was second to none. One of the greatest on screen performances that I have ever seen. Now as far as the narrow minded people who think that two men falling in love and having sex is too taboo for a motion picture, you are all too out of focus to be judging an artistic film like this anyways. Stick to commenting on action flicks, and I stress flicks because they are not films in the historical sense of the word, like the matrix. A film doesn't have to be full of attention grabbing dialogue and witty comebacks to be a great film. I am sorry that DelMar didn't say "eat this" before he punched Jack out. This was one of the most honest, and humble films that caught emotion better than any I have ever seen. This film doesn't take a stand or try to give you some fake over the top theme. The fact that the emotions are implied and not spelled out for the watcher force you to think and have some empathy for the characters. It is painfully obvious that some of us do not have that ability.