What A Great Chick-flick!

Rating: 8/10 (4 June 2002)

Now that I've seen the movie that everyone else was yammerin' about I realize that they were right! It's really a good movie. Sam Raimi paces this film with such a deft hand that the only time I looked away from the screen was to see the silly grins on my kid's faces. Even so, I feel people should know that this is no "origin of a superhero so we can bring out lesser sequels later on" type film. The actors so commit to this movie that there is a real, tangible character film here. Tobey Maguire brings such a humanity to his tights that you just love him from scene one. Kirsten Dunst is drop-dead gorgeous and you can see why he's been in love with her since grade one.
But folks...this is a love story. Action takes a back seat to a fantastic intriguing story of boy meets girl.
Go see it...and take a tissue.