Not a bad way to spend an evening!

Rating: Null/10 (5 January 2005)

***spoilers*** I like this movie. There are a lot of strong performances from all the actors. But with a cast like this, how could you go wrong.
This is a haunting story that weaves a spell over the viewer. You really care about all of the characters, weeping when Samuel dies, laughing and joyful with the birth of Tristan's children and feeling a sense of righteous indignation, anger and hatred when Isabel two is murdered (OK...I don't buy the "it was a tragic accident" line either!) Any movie that can make you feel all those emotions in a three hour period is brilliant to me! There are some scenes that are difficult to watch, and I question whether we really need to see some of them so I can't really give it a 10 out of ten.
How about a 9 1/2 out of ten?!?