really brilliantly original!

Rating: Null/10 (19 April 2003)

i think this was a fantastic film- it was given an immediate chance for brilliance with me because of my obsession with the time period and my adoration of eighties music, but overlooking this, i genuinely feel this is a fantastic film and well deserves the cult status it is recieving.
jake gyllenhals acting is a reason to see the film alone- im not sure if this was his first picture but will be looking it up soon. he was supported well by his sister, and other acting credits should go to the actor playing his therapist and also his girlfriend.
there are a lot of confusing ideas in this, and a lot of darkness and heaviness to the plotline, but that does not make it any less worth seeing. this film has reminded me of why i am a film student in the first place, and has revived my dwindling interest in literature, time travel and acting. see it!