Oh boy.

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2005)

Left this movie about 2 hours ago. Am still somewhat...numb? I don't know what exactly it is I do feel. I really don't want to dissect it all tonight. I just know I have been very affected by this simple, beautiful film.
In the movie, there were a few times I just felt like sobbing; and not only in the last 1/2 hour or at the "sad" parts. Just some deep feelings these fine actors, with this little story, brought out of some deep place inside me.
I stayed away from reviews and talk of this film so I did not know what was going to happen. Boy was I surprised by the ending segment; taken back at first and then wasn't quite sure where we were going in the last scenes. Surely she was going to fight her way back? When I saw what was going to happen, I initially rejected that outcome. Then, after awhile, I understood that this was the place this movie was going to all along, and it became something so much more than what it started out to be.
There are some movies that really touch the heart. This was one.
Hilary Swank you are incredible.