Evil and its consequences, well-acted

Rating: 1/10 (12 May 2004)

This is a movie with a good cast, doing a good job of telling a story of evil acts done on people and the cascading evil which spills therefrom. If seeing people caught in a web of cascading evil with no redemption is your cup of tea, then this is for....As my grandmother once remarked, "...a dreadful story, well-acted..." ...brilliant actors, clever cinematography, a melodramatic score and an iconic director, and voilà - suspension of disbelief - of good sense - of morality itself -- NOT!! Rather, a bleak, depressing story,filled w/inconsistent messages, brilliant acting notwithstanding -- as one other reviewer mentioned -- "how can a movie that validates violence, murder, selfishness, lack of responsibility and consequences, be given any awards of any kind?" Not to mention moral myopia and totally inconsistent morality where a character promises one thing and seemingly forgets it later...