A feast of stories.

Rating: 9/10 (26 October 2012)

This is a treat that has little doses of everything good packed in. I haven't read the novel so can't comment on whether it is a good adaption, but it is a great film by itself. The acting is brilliant, the score is engaging, and cinematography spectacular.
Six timelines, two of which intersect, are interwoven into one giant fiesta. There is a commonality between the themes of each story and this combined with the similar pacing of all stories and reincarnation of characters, some playing similar roles throughout others shifting from a more positive role in one to a negative one in another, integrates them all into a whole, which is a tale of oppression, predation, liberty, humor and love amongst other things.
However, with all this and more combined into one single film it fell somewhat short of being magnificent but perhaps that just because I am used to single stories that can afford more depth rather than a multitude of interlinked ones. Anyhow, definitely worth a watch and pay close attention to details, it might be rewarding.