First word that comes to mind? Wow!

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2002)

This movie completely blew me away. I saw it in the video store and remembered seeing something about it in Entertainment Weekly some time ago, and thinking it looked interesting, a story about a schitzophrenic who has visions of a six foot tall bunny rabbit who tells him about the end of the world and thought it might be interesting. God, interesting doesn't even begin to approach what I experienced in watching this movie. What an interesting take on time travel, and on spirituality, and how the paths we choose are chosen and the ways in which we can alter them. Jake Gyllenhall is absolutely brilliant in this movie, and the supporting cast, which includes a surprising performance by the long thought dead Patrick Swayze and an excellent small role for ERs Noah Wyle is remarkable...simple remarkable. What a tremendous debut as a writer-director for Richard Kelly. I am in desperate need to know what he is planning for his follow-up. How in the WORLD did this movie get ignored by the Academy. I was mad when Memento got ignored for Best Picture, but I'm wondering why this movie didn't even turn up on the radar screen. i know it was small, but didn't Jim Broadbent win an Oscar for Iris for God's sake? Has ANYONE seen that movie? Brilliant.