Creative screenplay, excellent acting

Rating: 9/10 (22 March 2004)

I didn't know what to expect when I entered the cinema last Friday. But the movie certainly surprised me in a very positive way. I loved Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon, so I was very pleased to see him in a somewhat serious role again. Some "experts" find his performance "hollow", but I would say that this was exactly the intention of his role. Carrey plays a broken, confused man, and he does it well, very well. It is remarkable that you can actually forget that you are looking at the comedian Carrey, sometimes you even forget that he IS Carrey, and you only see his character.
Together with the other cast members, especially Kate Winslet and Kirsten Dunst, Carrey makes this an excellent movie. A movie that requires the audience to think, and that is not a disadvantage between the brainkilling movies out there.
The only negative point I found was that it dragged a little bit towards the end. Otherwise I would have given this movie a 10/10. Now it has to settle for a still excellent 9/10 for me.