Brilliant, brilliant movie

Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2006)

Unlike the trailer to this brilliant, brilliant movie I'm not going to ruin a thing by giving any spoilers. Instead I will just say what a fantastic movie this is! The story is gripping from start to finish, the acting top notch and Spike Lee's direction is a pleasure to watch. This film is a wake up call, showing that every film doesn't have to look and feel identical.
Perhaps the best thing that can be said about this movie is that there is not one single cliché in the whole movie. Characters never say or do anything that they would in every other movie made in the last ten years. So many times in modern cinema, if they were to pause the scene you could finish the end of the character's sentence or complete the ending. The dialogue rings true in every instance and the plot and characters are both highly intelligent and compulsively interesting.
This movie is a ride that you don't get off until you're fumbling for your car keys, replaying the plot in your head. I found myself giggling with delight as I watched the story unfold with so much expertise that it made me ask why the hell can't there be more movies like this? Spike Lee has made films of this quality before but never with so much pure enjoyment to be had. This movie shames every other movie made in the last few years and is the sort of movie that should be winning all the Oscars. It's original, smart and doesn't take ANY cheap tricks which spoil most movies.
While I've seen some other good movies in the last year or two, this is the first film where I've walked out of the cinema wanting to walk straight back in. See this movie. If you've seen it, go and see it again!