Flawless

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2004)

Beautiful, moving, engaging, perfect.
I couldn't think about much else for about a week after I saw this movie. The characters became completely real over the course of the film, the overwhelming beauty of every single shot nearly brought me to tears once or twice... I have trouble feeling qualified to comment on the acting, since I saw it with English subtitles, but if I did feel qualified, I would say their performances were flawless. I will be watching everything by the director that I can get my hands on.
A few times, though, I did think, "How could anyone see this movie and think, 'Hey, we oughta buy all the distribution rights to this, chop it up, and sell our version to Americans!'" (I saw a preview to the American version before Kill Bill Vol. 2, and nearly threw something at the screen. The opening line spoken by the announcer was drastically inappropriate for the scene playing as he spoke, unless the entire movie has been put into a blender and randomly pieced back together by monkeys.)