Excellent script AND thriller

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2010)

It's really not often you find a film that develops characters to their deepest levels. That's what this film does. And having other characters recognizing the humanity behind the loss one character experiences with grief and sticking with the main character without it having to be a love affair (instead weirdly, a thriller) is such an unexpected bonus. See this movie. Understand that we all wrestle with our subconscious demons, our memories and our strangely architected innerscapes, and you will be rewarded. It's like Fellini meets Wild Strawberries with a Matrix-like thriller push. And weirdly, it works. It really does.
Also, I have to say that the film score is AMAZING. It's not rock or pop. Rather it's a classic music score, yet unforgettable. Johnny Marr of The Smiths fame was involved with Hank Zimmer driving the composition. Very talented, and it completely worked with the film. Not since Star Wars have I experienced such wonderful "film music".
The only thing about the film that I was unsure about was Ellen Page's character. How was a girl that young so wise? I kept thinking that she would be revealed to be an element of the subconscious. But given the way the movie ended, perhaps she was. I need to see it again soon....