AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (25 May 2003)

I can barely put into words how incredible this movie is. I've never seen anything like it in my life! Everyone who cares anything about cinema should see this film! I can't even imagine HOW the director and actors did what they did. I'm THAT blown away. I swear I didn't breathe for about the last fifteen minutes of this film! My house would have had to have been on fire for me to take my eyes off the screen and even then I would have had second thoughts.
Ellen Burstyn, who gave the performance of a lifetime, was haunting. I can still see her face. She was absolutely cheated out of EVERY award in 2000! She should have WON THEM ALL! Jared Leto and Marlon Wayans were also amazing! Jennifer Connelly gave her best performance ever. When watching this film I just kept wondering how these actors performed at that level. It's apparent that they were all pushed to their absolute limit both personally and professionally for this project and the way they all rose to the occasion was mind blowing!
The disturbing images and sound effects of this piece have been seared into my brain and will be for a long time.
I could go on but I won't. Please just see this film. After watching it I felt like an addict because I just wanted to see it again and again. I actually crave to be assaulted over and over with the pleasure and the pain of this amazing piece of cinema and I plan to purchase the DVD and view it until I'm satisfied. Believe me when I say it will take many times of watching this film to see everything there is to see.