I cried

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2003)

and I haven't done that since Charlotte died at the end of Charlotte's Web when I was seven. It's not like I think there is something profound here. The characters in this movie have a depth in an everyday life way. You get to know them as if you have lived in the neighborhood, and see them for a few minutes at a time throughout town at different parts of life. I felt there was a little clunky polarization of the whole liberal-conservative sorta bit, although that may have been intentional, like fear-love. I had wanted to see this movie since I heard the name of it when it was playing at the festivals a while back. I was gonna rent it, and buy it, but I was kinda sick of anything that took place at a highschool or where someone had to go to class and do homework-ugh. Then it came on cable last night! I am waiting for the DVD to be shipped to me because this is a movie worth watching over and over. I don't necessarily think there may be a "true" line to this story. I am reminded of the line, "In measuring a circle one begins anywhere". But I didn't feel like crying because of the death at the end (the final one), but because it's almost like a twisted Jimmy Stewart movie. I could say more, but that little bubble thing is leading me to a late night bath. Definitely a movie worth watching more than once.