A future classic.

Rating: 10/10 (15 September 2019)

I watched it last night after coming across it on the "new movie" list and without knowing anything about it or expecting much... and it turned out to be the best film I have seen in over a decade.
Everything about this film is perfect. It has an important message about prejudice, racism, the need for tolerance and kindness in humanity and the crimes of the human race against its own kind, but this is delivered in a way which achieves less of an acrimonious, sickening and shameful history lesson but through a heart-wrenching beautiful relationship we can all relate to through relationships of our own, and therefore it stays with you and makes you assess much better your own shortfalls, powerfully enough to inspire change in its audience.
The developing relationship between the two lead roles is nothing short of magical on screen and both play their parts with complete authenticity in into a way that you come to love their respective characters.
There are simple scenes of acts of friendship and kindness between them so beautiful they tug at your emotions and can make you laugh or cry.
The film perfectly blends it's serious message with consistantly brilliant humour and Vigo Mortensen playing "Tony Lip" is hilarious throughout.
The sentiment of the humour in the relationship between them over everyday things we can all relate to is just heart warming.
The film ends in such a beautiful (and maybe "Hollywood Happy" ...but we all need a happy ending now and then, and in this case it is both based on a true story, which is divine, and drives the underlying message of broadening narrow minds with love and understanding to those around us, home much better) way, this could make Christmas-time cinematic history to be replayed every year.
I always say "they never make films the way they used to anymore, the ones that can last forever that you repeat again and again"...but this film has really achieved that.
A real future classic.