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Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2001)

Little can be said that hasn't been already about this movie.
People have waxed rhapsodical for decades (almost 6) about this film, and with good reason.
I have yet to meet ANYONE who has seen this movie and not needed to reach for the Kleenex.
This is the film that ALL movies would like to be when they grow up.
No plot-critique here ..... if you haven't seen it, you are either a) an alien, b) born and raised in a pit deep in the bowels of the Earth, c) in a coma, or d) one of the brain-dead "movie-goers" who watched Titanic 400 times and thought it was "original".
THIS is the movie that James Cameron WISHED he had the skill to make!
The budget? ... laughable.
Probably less than Cameron spent on the "authentic" White Star china for his dining scenes.
The camera-work? .... "Primitive" by most standards.
The script and acting are what makes this a truly great film....
( The raison d'etre for movies surely? )
I'm sort of glad that movies will never be like this again.
This is my personal yardstick. Yes, I have seen it on more than a few occasions, and yes I still reach for the Kleenex.
(Oh yeah ..... it's a great way for single guys to spend a night with their new belles and show 'em that they're "sensitive" ....)
Watch it .... don't watch it ... I don't care.
Those who do come away with a different perspective on life and love and Nobility.
Strange to think that Hollywood once considered that a good thing huh?