See it twice!

Rating: 10/10 (30 August 2011)

Making a film like this is extremely risky! It has so many complex scenes and they've all been all woven together into a huge tapestry. There are so many mistakes that could have been made; so many ways this movie could have gone bad.
But somehow Jaco Van Dormael has pulled it off, and perfectly! It's mind blowing! It's one of those films you have to see twice before you can really put all the threads together and fully appreciate the explosion of genius that you just witnessed.
Not many directors, if any, could pull it off like Jaco has done here. I think he was able to succeed because he was the writer too; it was his baby through and through. Directing something like this would otherwise be impossible without that kind of intimate knowledge and passion for the material.
The writing is incredible. The directing is incredible. This guy deserves completely separate awards for both. It is truly a film unlike any other I've seen, and definitely one of my top five favourites of all time. It might make your head hurt a bit at first, but hang in there - and see it twice.