Keep the criticisms for films which are actually bad

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2004)

*Spoilers*
If you think this film is ruined by the ending then you need to watch something which really is bad (like Gangs of New York).
This is a really dark film that succeeds in confusing you and gets you wondering whodunnit, I would have been disappointed if it had ended any other way.
The twist of nothing being real is a neat one. Just as you start thinking that some of the sh*t thats happening is getting too wierd (like the disappearing bodies and the matching birthdays) it hits you with the fact that nothing is real. The psychologist doesn't realise Timmie is still in Rivers mind because he only hears the personalities speaking through Rivers speech and, as Timmie's stepdad explains, Timmie doesn't talk.
There are too many bad films being made to slate one like this which is just a little short of being the best I have seen in years. Surely films that make you think and challenge what you expect are the best and if thats the case then I haven't had to think about what was happening in a film this much since I saw Training Day.