Stunning,easily one of the year's best

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2000)

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs
This film goes to show it is'nt just the Coen brothers who make this sort of thing work beautifully.Guy Pearce,who's work I hav'nt seen since his brilliant turn in L.A. Confidential,excels further here in quite possibly the most intelligent,compelling,and twist filled movie of the year.Nothing is certain in the film,it is all told in such a complex and original way that at no point is it predictable or tiresome.Pierce plays a former insurance investigator who due to severe brain damage on the intervention of his wife's murder,is completely unable to piece together events that may have occured much longer than an hour before what he is currently thinking.He relates the current state that is ruining his life to that of a man who's claims he was once called to investigate,who was mucked about by the company on the grounds that his claim was mental,not psyical.The movie transcends between a telephone conversation he is having in a motel room,and long,stretched out events that are to happen later on as the plot thickens.
The movie is so clever and original,and only those who like exterior thrills will really complain about the amount of talking in the movie.For those who like to use their brains to piece events together,this is easily the best film of it's kind since JFK.
Another asset this film has is a haunting soundtrack which plays eeringly throughout the film,adding stridend touches to a film already reveling in puzzling scenarios and tense revalations.This film is truly unique,and,it goes to show once again,sadly,that films like this are always only going to get limited releases in selected cinemas,while big budget,money making eye candy will continue to play us all for mugs.Expand your horizons people,films that tax you like this will always pay off in satisfaction more at the end.*****