Excellent, but not for everyone

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 2005)

This is the second movie by David Lynch I've seen(not counting The Elephant Man, his only non-surreal movie). The other one is Lost Highway. Because of this, but not only because of this, the following review will contain a lot of comparing between the two. As someone brought up(on the message boards or in a review... I can't remember exactly), this seems like Lynch wasn't satisfied with Lost Highway, so he made this to improve on it. Of course, it could that all his films are like this... I don't know. This seemed to have a more cohesive plot and it made more sense than the aforementioned film. In spite of this, I still didn't fully understand until I read a very good interpretation on the message boards. The idea of this seemed more vague and harder to figure out than Lost Highway. It seemed easier to follow, though... but maybe this is because this was the second time I saw a typical Lynch film(not to mention how similar in basic idea this was to Lost Highway). I found myself sympathizing more with the characters in this film, as well as finding their actions plausible and credible. The movie made much more sense to me right after watching than Lost Highway. In conclusion, this very well may be a revisit/remake of Lost Highway. The plot is very interesting, and vague as it may be, it can be pieced together if you pay close attention and watch it more than once. The pacing is very good, you're rarely bored. The acting is perfect. I didn't find any performance to be anything but stellar. I didn't see Lynch playing around with lighting in this film as much as he did in Lost Highway, but maybe it was just more subtle this time around. I recommend this to fans of Lynch, surreal films and film as an art form. Excellent film, but won't be to everyone's liking. 10/10