The protagonist finds his way into upper crust society and along the way must confront obstacles who will destroy him if he is to survive

Rating: 8/10 (13 February 2006)

You must read Crime and Punishment before you see this terrific movie. It will totally alter your experience, especially in the last third. To begin with, Chris is found reading the novel with the aid of a source book and critical summary-- one realizes he needs help with such complexity. From then on, for some reason, reviewers have not made the analogies, but here are some of them without giving away the plot: Note the similarities between the older neighbor and Lizaveta-- and the pawnbroker is turned into someone else who must be "put away". The casting off of the jewelry, the building up of suspense before the crime, the haunting dreams-- the discussion about the tragedy of life with the tragic operas playing in the background, and finally the ending which turns the novel completely on its head in the most cynical way possible.