Listen carefully!

Rating: 9/10 (9 March 2014)

It isn't often I get surprised by a movie. The last film that I remember getting ahead of me was "Thelma and Louise" with its shocker ending.
It has happened again. "Sucker Punch" earns its title. I love this film and, just as with "Thelma and Louise" the ending left me sitting in my theater seat taking slow, deep breaths and wanting to both cheer and weep.
Visually, the film is exhilarating to watch. No surprise there, its a Zack Snyder film. Mount a negative criticism of Snyder's overly ambitious "epic" storytelling and you can probably make a good case. But he's making movies and he does get his vision on to the screen.
This Snyder movie, however, succeeds in being a brilliantly told story. Its a puzzle and all the pieces are there, laid out coherently. Like Christopher Nolan's "Momento" and David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" your attention will be needed.
Tempting as it is (the feeling of wanting to tell a really juicy secret) I'll give no spoilers here. But I will say, LISTEN CAREFULLY. And when the movie is over ask yourself who got "Sucker Punch"-ed?