Thoroughly absorbing.

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2003)

This seems like a slow-moving film when you step back from it, but I honestly did not realize the passage of time as I became utterly involved with this absorbing film. Since that first viewing 4-5 years ago, no matter how many times I see it I'm always misty-eyed at the end, with a renewed sense of my own mortality, and a renewed appreciation of what I have in life. How many movies can one say that about? This is a very well done film, with outstanding performances by all.