Go See This Movie! -No Spoilers-

Rating: 9/10 (29 October 2012)

There's been a lot of gripes about the film so far and it's only the opening weekend. I for one enjoyed it even more than I thought I would. Going in having a vague idea of what to expect wasn't idea as I think if I had no idea what to expect I would have enjoyed it even more.
The idea that a feature length movie would have six interlocking stories all with multiple themes that come together into a resounding theme is awesome. I can't think of any movies other than this one that's done it at all and if there are others I doubt they would accomplish it in such a cool way. Each character begins in the movie and then their story is taken into the next character and the next until the end story. In this way it manages to climax all of the stories and close them one by one until we are back at the beginning of the end. It was admittedly slower at first because they are building all story lines but by the end of the movie I was just so pleased with the outcome I didn't mind the very minor short comings. Of which I can only find two. The makeup on the main characters can be decidedly reaaallly odd sometimes but when you think about it there's not really a way they could have interlocked these characters together in a simplistic way. Something that needs to be done for North American audiences, as reading other reviews they are clearly missing the overall scope and theme as well as the minor ones that pop up that resound into the other stories. The second short coming was what I had said before, just that it is slower to build but does a nice job of tugging you along as you're trying to figure out how all these people are woven together exactly.
The main point is just that it's really nothing I've seen in film as yet and it does a great job doing what it set out to do. All the stories would be enjoyable in their own right. But I really like how they have tied them all together and explored a lot more then just the main theme. I highly recommend this movie to everyone.