Dream and reality all in one

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2001)

The poster of the film resumes what the film is in a metaphorical way. Wee see a beautiful eye, but even though of its beauty, is filled with sorrow, and that's because its dreams just went away and with them, its freedom and happiness. We see the ocean at the back reminding us how dreams come and go like waves, and how they shatter when they hit the shore just like dreams do when they hit reality.
This film is like a bucket full of ice and acid thrown at your face while you were sleeping and having the most beautiful dream you've ever had. It's like waking up to the real world after being distracted from it all your life by a silk curtain that suddenly falls and the truth is discovered in the most brutal manner.
What are dreams? Can you live your whole life based on dreams and never realize the truth even if it is just in front of you? How hard is to lose those dreams and begin to live life, as it is, brutal, rude and fast? All this questions are answered in this film. A film that stands up from all the films of its kind I've ever seen in my whole life.
Notwithstanding of its crudeness, is filled with beauty, color and hope. Hope is the last you lose at times of adversity, and this is proven by the characters of the film, who are incredibly well portrayed by Ellen Byrstein, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and one of the Wayans Bros.

This film is a complete new experience, but not a very pleasant one, is one of those films that you love or hate, but nothing in between. A film that I don't think I would ever see again for what it made me feel, but that I would certainly recommend to anyone. After all it is a film that will remain in my mind for the rest of my life, and I will never be able to take it our no matter how hard I'd try.