An unsettling dream

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2013)

David Lynch has an instantly recognizable style with his ambiguous extreme close-up shots, deep and rich colors and slow, dream-like dialog. Mulholland Drive uses these to great effect and has a good story to boot. The film will leave you asking many questions, or just baffled beyond words, but if you re-watch it, look for the right clues and have a decent understanding of symbolism and storytelling techniques, it's possible to decipher the meaning of the film. (Though I didn't -- I just checked online what other people thought.)
Mulholland Drive features amazing performances by all of its actors, but most of all Naomi Watts in the double lead role (kind of.) She shows such a great variety of emotions it's hard to believe they come from the same person.
The film is at times frighteningly scary, and it has a habit of turning to weird and dark places very suddenly. But it also has a great sense of humor. The dialog is witty and the scenes loaded with irony and self-parody.