Gripping. Ignore the critics

Rating: Null/10 (29 January 2004)

I saw this at the last minute with some friends, so I didn't have any expectations or didn't know too much about it.
Well, I walked out of there after 2 hours and thought it was one of the best movies I had seen in awhile. Well, at least enough to make me register on here to write a review. The next day I heard how the critics had trashed it so badly.
I go to a movie to be entertained, and this one delivered. You are on the edge of your seat the entire time... it's gripping. It is intense the whole way through, with a few startling parts and a few very funny parts mixed in.
In the end, it passes my simple test... was it worth the money to have seen it or would it have been a better rental. I'd say it was TOTALLY worth the money (which is saying a lot... movies are $10.25 here in Manhattan).