Great movie that leaves you craving for more!

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2003)

Well, well, well. This is a really tough movie to review due to the fact that it is a love hate movie. You either love it for it's different plot, a great cast, or the ending that turns your mind upside down. Or you may hate it for its extremely confusing story, characters that only have one scene and never reappear, and an ending that blew your mind and when you could'nt understand it you took that as dislike for the movie. Since theres two sides of the fence I'm here to tell you what side I am on.
The Movie- Great movies are ones that provide hours of discussions. You want a movie where you are still thinking of it days after the intail viewing. I first saw this movie on a Monday. After viewing it I was shocked at how the movie jerked around your mind so much. I could'nt take my mind off that movie for a whole week. Then one night I stopped at Hollywood video to pick up a movie and I ended up buying 2. Eight Legged Freaks and The Shipping News. The Shipping news sucked so I took it back and got Mulholland DR. That movie stuck with me so I had to get it. It's lucky I found it to it was the only copy behind a ton of Panic Room DVDs. You cant really tell someone what Mulholland DR. is about. You have to expeirence it for yourself. I'll try to give a brief summery. On the surface this seems like some sort of a mystery. A woman is in a car crash that takes place on the street Mulholland DR. She comes out of it and has lost her memory. She takes the name Rita and meets up with Betty, a women who came down to her aunts place to become an actress. The two work together to find out Ritas ture identity. Along with this main plot there are little subplots that seem to have nothing to do with the story. Things like the man at Winkies, the director, and the cowboy. You keep track of the plot and think you have a good understanding of everything when the plot takes a huge turn and wipes away everything you thought you knew. Mulholland DR. was origanlly going to be a ABC show but it got stopped in production. They had already filmed a 2 hour pilot but it wasn't going to be aired. The project was in the can for awhile untill a company called up David Lynch and gave him some money to film some new footage to wrap up the story so they could realese it in theaters. That may explain why the ending was so abrupt. It's a very good movie that will keep you hooked the whole way through.