Not too shabby!

Rating: 8/10 (25 April 2013)

I seriously thought this looked too ambitious and would just end up pretentious and dumb.
If anything, it ended up being a movie made up of separate parts that flowed so well together that you felt it more than understood it. Often, that is a point of weakness in my opinion (Babel, anybody?). In this case, though, good directing, acting and editing made the whole thing work.
As with most people, some parts fell flat, but it was like watching a massive episode of "Lost", where you have some favorite characters, some not so favorite, but it all works together. If you're looking for a film that wraps up everything in a really obvious but cool way, watch "Fish Story". If you'd rather have some interpretation left to interconnecting worlds your entertainment, watch "Cloud Atlas".