A 7 for what could have easily have been an 8 maybe even a 9

Rating: 7/10 (10 May 2005)

With pain in my heart I give this film a 7. Seven for me means I still find it worth watching and I'm sure people will like it but... The story is really about a boy and his quest to 'feel' The story takes a slow start and remains like a slow moving flow up to the end without ever giving the impression that it is pacing. The storyline is very good and I like the idea's behind it making it an interesting film. As I mentioned before BUT, the film unravels near the end and ruins the catharsis I might have had and this due to no other reason then the acting performance of the main character namely the doped-out boy. This is however not the fault of the casting director but this is what happens when the author of the script insists on taking the lead role up himself. In the end the boy has to make a decision and this is where it goes down faster a crappy version of the titanic. The film was to well thought out and to beautiful to be spoiled in such a way in the end. Maybe it is just me that got this impression but my friends that have seen the movie too came to me and expressed the same impression I struggled with as well. It is really a shame because I did not see it coming and everything was fine till the last scenes. I was setting me up for a happy ending and granted this was the general idea of the film but then the happy ending was not what I expected from it. The acting in the film is overall reasonably good and the girl really gives it all she's got. But well it seems that that wasn't enough.
Conclusion: This movie would rock if not for the doubt cast as a shadow over the film by the confused acting of the main character near the ending.