Complex, but one the other hand simple, with other words: Brilliant.

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2012)

Probably the best movie of the year. Finally something original, well made movie. I did not feel even once that the story was driven by cgi, or the sake of cheese story telling.
Its a very complex tale, but on the other hand its quite simply. the thing which can make it complex, if You try to place all the characters in each time period of the story. Like oh there's Hugh Grant in 1800, and here's Hugh Grant in 1930 and that's most be the same character. No, not at all. The way I understand it, the only continuing character is the one with the falling star, and dose not matter how plays the character, as long as the mark is there. The rest of them are filling in characters. And by that I don't mean they aren't important, or relevant to the story, they just simply not the same person in the next life, even if they played by the same actor, or have similar character base. So just keep Your eye on that star, and float with the story.
Another reason why its complex, and simple on the other hand. Is because its tells lots of human behavior, emotions, reactions. How we impact each other. And things like friendship, betray, greed, loyalty, braveness, and the list is quite endless. But the golden role of the over all story remains the same, keep Your eye on the falling star, and experience how one soul can experience different life's, hole different surroundings. And even a drop of the ocean can leave a significant mark, since after all the ocean is is build up by millions of drops.
And of course while its fairly simple to understand the main line, I bet if You watch the movie over, and over. You will found more and more small bridges linking together the different time period's, which You might miss at the first watch.
Don't go expecting You will see classic plot flow, like the hero's gather trough out a journey so in the end they face a challenge which was building up from the beginning of the tale. Its a very different plot telling. How ever its true that each reincarnation sorta face the dark side of humanity in different forms, and trying to leave his/her mark in history.
But in the end the only thing which really matters, that I cant say anything bad about the movie. Infect I can only say good things about it. Go watch it, its worth it.