Why not 10 stars???

Rating: 10/10 (27 September 2009)

Indeed, why not??? I mean, regardless of the editing, which will be in the future looked upon with appreciation and jealousy, the movie is absolutely stunning...
Guy Pearce makes, as usual, the audience believe his feelings are genuine. He is able to transmit to the people watching every bit of anxiety, lack of trust and desire for the truth his character feels, doing it in a manner making you want to see the movie again and again.
THE MAIN QUESTION is: what if the movie were edited in the "traditional" manner? Would it have been less appealing? Well, it's a hard question to answer.
Mainly because the editing goes strictly linked to the title and the condition of the leading character, but also helps you in a very subtle manner to transcend from the position of viewer to the one of a character in the movie... It helps you identify to the character and beyond...
Maybe a slight reminder of the "Fugitive" theme, that only makes one appreciate both these films...
As for the cast, it is a work of genius. There are so many angles that could be debated here! Beginning with the talent Guy Pearce shows when playing roles of people with very troubled minds and lives, one can only speculate the very interesting idea of bringing 2 of the stars of the first installment of "Matrix" around for another challenging movie.
Carrie Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano really make even here a great team. Their characters have quite the same "talent" of apeearing to be "good" people, but being in fact very cool, calculated manipulators of people. They do prey on the leading characters "disability" and they do it in a very effective manner, until a certain point.
Why "disability"? Well, because even the character played by Guy Pearce uses it as a weapon of some sorts and at the "end" of the film we see to what effect.
What can I say besides: Enjoy!