Absolutely Fantastic !

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2002)

I originally watched this touching film when it was released in the cinema - and was thoroughly impressed by it. What makes this all the more amazing is that I'm more into the action genre of films (e.g. Con Air et al) than this more "sentimental" type of film.
However I was spurred on to write this mini review by the fact that I've literally just finished watching the film again on terrestrial TV - which reminded me just how good this film is ...
The cinematography is amazing, and some scenes whose themes where more complex than usual were handled with pinache. The music was good, although in my opinion it didn't lend itself to being released as a sound track to the film, it suited the film perfectly.
I don't think this movie won any awards or Oscars, which in my opinion is a crying shame - I personally rate this film above and way beyond films such as Titanic (starring Kate Winslet). Anthony Hopkins and Claire Forlani were excellently cast in the two main leads - I sincerely hope to see more films of this type soon, and would recommend that everyone watch it at least once ! :-)