One of my 100, no 50 favorite movies

Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2014)

The first time I saw this movie, I was enjoying it very much, the acting and the writing, when the twist came. I was really ticked off, what a cop out, and there was still a long way to go, what were they going to do now that the "twist" was revealed? By the end of the movie, I was blown away by the way the twist is used as an opportunity to say some serious things about identity and self awareness. The root of Greek tragedy from the Iliad on is the subjectivity of self knowledge and this movie has stayed with me. A second watching is worth it just to see how well the twist is played with before it is revealed.
I haven't seen that many John Cusack movies, but I haven't seen one that wasn't good, and this is the best so far.