Simply Spectacular!

Rating: 10/10 (19 September 2001)

It's been almost a week since I've seen this film, and I still cannot get over how stunning the experience was. No doubt, I will see it again this weekend, and it's funny to me that as much of a ride the film was, there are many parts that I do not remember. Perhaps that was part the joy, of being taken for such a wild rush that everything becomes a blur. From when the curtains lifted (people who have seen the film will know what I mean) to the very end, I was absolutely transfixed. The director here did a flawless job of transporting the audience to another time and place, that despite its surrealness and displacement of time and culture, felt very real. Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman and the entire cast was brilliant, but the real star here are the images that the director delivers to us. A seamless stich of computer animation and sound stages, Technicolor and grainy B&W, the visual pyrotechnics need to be seen and experienced to be believed. Echoing a statement from another IMDB user, I would feel very sorry for you if you do not enjoy this film.