good

Rating: 9/10 (7 February 2009)

I saw this movie and thought it was really very good. Im surprised at the lack of Oscar hype, it is after all exactly the sort of film that gets that kind of attention and it doesn't have the usual excuse of not coming out in Oscar month (do we all really have the memory of a goldfish?).
I'm a firm believer in the human aspect of cinema and "keeping it real" and this really matches that criteria with people kept in a rut unable or unwilling to fulfill their dreams, hurting each other and themselves and left hating each other or coldly indifferent. This left an engaging thought provoking watch, which from the Oscar nominations I have seen for best picture, the Oscars this year have been lacking in.
Apparently the novel, by Yates, is near word for word the same as the film. The rest of his novels are along the same lines and i hope that some of these may be developed as well into film. At school i am studying The Great Gatsby and a Streetcar named desire which are written and based around the sameish time and these are a similar sort of domestic tragedies that are also fascinating.
Highly recommended.