VISCERAL, EXCRUCIATING BEAUTY

Rating: 10/10 (9 November 2000)

Cannot even begin to say how I feel- this is the kind of movie that you will never, ever, ever, ever, ever forget- ever- oustanding, overpowering, quite literally life-changing, amazing, graphic, hardcore, poignant, so much, so much, so much, so beautiful...ASTOUNDING- if this movie doesn't win any recognition at this year's Oscar ceremony, one really, really must wonder what the Academy's all about...
Violent, excruciating.
Sucks you in, like a care wreck, must watch, must watch, but you care, and you flinch...and it doesn't end...so amazing- picture Last Exit to Brooklyn meets Magnolia meets Christine F- OVERPOWERING.
And the thing is...the thing is...movies that have this much to say aren't usually done in such the visually stunning, highly technical, graphically intense, immersion-oriented method that this is filmed in. To quote an earlier review-
Go. Go see this movie. Now. It's an experience you won't soon forget. Out of ten stars, twelve. All the way.