Feel good about nothing

Rating: 9/10 (31 March 2005)

I liked this film a lot, mainly because it's one of those that are so difficult to categorise, explain, or capture in a few sentences; however it is definitely memorable for many reasons.. the slow pace shows a director mature beyond his years, the humour is refreshingly subtle, the performances are all excellent. Nothing much really happens in this film, and what does happen is understated, so that we take much more notice of each detail. These details are a mixture of film homage and glimpses of tremendous imagination, all woven into a nonchalantly meandering story. Through this rich detail the film becomes extremely curious, effortlessly funny, touching but unsentimental, and in a strange way pretty real. All good stuff.