Whose boat *is* this, anyway?

Rating: 10/10 (7 July 2006)

This kind of storytelling is what John le Carre is to spy books and why I fell in love with his work. I don't know who came up with the wonderful complexity, excellent storytelling, and suspense: Spielberg, the screen-writers or the writer of the original book; but it is movie-making and probably collaboration at its best. Even if Spielberg 'just' directed, which I can't imagine, he brought the story/script to life, gloriously. While giving much for discussion and thought.
Best line - "Whose boat is this, anyway?" (There *is* humor in this movie, black, but humor, nonetheless, which screams Spielberg (I have not seen any special features so this as well as my other comments may be addressed in those.) For the first time, I am happy NOT to see the special features.
And there is one shot, just one, no people, no dialogue, nothing but a shot, but it says a million words and gives another million to think about and I'll let the viewer have the fun of finding it. And then the work of dealing with the emotions and implications of it and what goes on in this world.