One of the truly great films

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 1998)

A story of evolution and change- of a child, of his parents, of a society and of a Nation. The story of adults refusing to acknowledge reality and a child having to come to grips with it. The plot even overwhelms Spielberg's obvious and clumsily executed symbolism. In fact, I actually liked some of it. He toned down the music and visual effects that he normally uses to elicit unearned emotion from his audience because the plot of this movie earned every emotion it drew from its audience. Superb acting, writing and cinematography make this, without a doubt, one of my (as if that mattered to anyone) top ten movies of all time. So far.