my kind of sci-fi

Rating: 9/10 (5 April 2004)

I'm completely sold on the Charlie Kaufman thing. I will await the next Kaufman film with anticipation of a mix of the surprises and the reprises that he riffs on so well. The writing and the direction and how the concept is handled really worked for me in this film. Low tech science fiction without any lasers or fins growing out of the back of anyone's head. I felt that if there was a weakness of the film it was in the match of the actors to the project. Jim Carrey felt almost the right kind of anonymous for the material because he seemed to playing far enough against his persona and I thought his performance was the one stellar exception. I couldn't help but wishing that the rest of the casting had been more quirky and unknown. I wish that about most films though, so don't take it the wrong way, any fans of Winslet and Froto out there. This movie I think would have had a little more sizzle without casting what kind of feels like the tired (albeit cute) same old faces.
This is one of the best films I have seen in the theatre in sometime. Must see for fans of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation.