what is the meaning of life?

Rating: 10/10 (4 March 2005)

It's the oldest question in the book... What is the meaning of life? Is it to be rich? Is it to be famous? To climb up your social status? Or can we just live the day, enjoy every moment, try to inspire others without any interest in our well-being and in the consequences? This is what this movie has been about, for me. About being different. About not wanting what everybody wants, not seeing what everybody sees or wants to see, not being afraid to act childish and in someways stupid, letting go of one's imagination and allowing one's self to dream. This makes the film for me an excellent piece of work. The actors, especially Johnny Depp were great. Every one fits their role nicely and feels it 100%. The craziness of the writer for Depp, the business man / art promoter for Hoffman, the ultimate mother for Winslet and so on. The direction was also great, playing with the scenes, going in and out of imagination leaving me with only one regret: that I live in the information age, where all of our imagination is slowly killed by television and special effects. It's kind of strange when you think of it, but we now see on the screen what "they" saw in their imagination. And it makes me wonder if we have any imagination left... So go see the movie. It will make you at least wonder about yourself.