Stunning

Rating: Null/10 (24 June 2001)

An exquisite American work, a kind of moralized, plot-driven and highly stylized film in the same psychological vein as Mike Leigh's "Naked," to which I thought it paid some homage. While it didn't devastate me to anywhere near the degree that "Naked" did, I found the theme and presentation almost as challenging and thought-provoking, felt much of the same sort of empathy for the characters, and was genuinely creeped-out by several developments. Burnstyn was robbed, absolutely robbed, and if I ever meet Julia Roberts, those are the first words out of my mouth.
This guy's doing the next Batman?" ...Whoa.