Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (31 July 1998)

I love this movie, it was intelligent, beautiful to look at, and had a fantastic screenplay. I even like the length and the amount of characters and how you had to pay attention, which is not necessary with most movies these days. My only gripe is the totally over-rated performance of Kim Basinger. Anyone could have played that part. I always think that in order to win an Oscar there should be at least a moment of something approaching memorable...where you can see why that person won...not in this case. She added nothing to this movie; I thought hers was the worse performance in the movie (other than Danny DeVito, who was in another movie entirely). Why wasn't Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and James Cromwell nominated for Supporting Actor? Crowe could easily have won - he WAS that guy. Good, solid movie.