Brilliant!

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2011)

Okay, the first time I saw this movie was the short version. (1.5 hours or so) and thought it was an okay movie. Plot holes here and there, a bit difficult to follow, not amazing graphics and no way at all to understand what the doctor meant when he talks of 'the look in her eyes' etc. I just finished the full extended version (Just over 2 hours) and I was amazed and pleased at how different they are.
The short version lacked the full story of what happened to Babydoll that caused her to be committed, it missed out on most of the fighting, to see her grow stronger and braver every time she 'went away' and the sacrifice she made to save another.
The ending blew my mind, with the short version you can't really place the 3 stages. The reality, her reality after the lobotomy then the fantasy inside her personal reality. Only the full extended version can you really go okay, that guy is reality, a doctor who simply wants to help, that guy is her reality and he's evil, wants to control and selfish, and that is not reality in any sense (Her fantasies are extremely easy to pick out however).
To put it simply, watch the extended version or you will be disappointed. It has a fair amount of adultery, violence etc, so not suitable for kids but its well worth watching. The graphics are amazing, the storyline wonderful and the actors superb.