Faultless movie

Rating: 10/10 (6 October 2005)

I am not really one for lists of the "top ten" anything. Is Wizard of Oz a better film than Citizen Kane? How can you compare two such different movies? But it does seem to me that "Schindler's List" is in a class of its own. More recent films like "The Pianist" have tackled the same subject well, but nothing can quite compare with Steven Spielberg's triumphant presentation of Thomas Kenealy's great book.
Perhaps the test of greatness is to answer some questions:
 Does the story matter?  Is it real (true) or believable?  Does it touch all the emotions?  Are there lessons to be learnt?  Are the performances strong?  Are the settings realistic and credible?  Are the characters true to life? (Heroes we can learn from; Villains we can comprehend)  Does the film have the capacity to change the way we look at the world?
To me "Schindler's List" scores more highly than any other film on all of these criteria. It is a truly great movie.