Tricky Ending, Unrealistic Story And Ending

Rating: 4/10 (27 March 2010)

The movie is unrealistic. What Institution would have had the money to produce a fake scenario with a cast of hundreds, numerous rehearsals and time taken from their regular jobs to convince one patient his fantasies were just that. They could and would have lobotomized him instead or simply kept him in solitary. Lobotomies were de reguer at that point in our history. Ditto for shock treatments. And according to the last scene this is the second time in a year that the whole facility has gone through this charade to try to "wake" this guy up. Like I said, who's got the time and especially the money to devote to just this one patient? Never happen. Some of the scenes were intriguing. The actors were compelling in certain scenes. But the movie as a whole was a ridiculous and unrealistic film with the credo that, "if we surprise you, (no matter how far-fetched), you'll like it."