A Worthy Film Experience

Rating: 8/10 (26 December 2008)

Just saw the film last night and liked it. It's got some very poignant moments and is a thoughtful reflection on life and love. The aging backwards is an unusual technique but not a distracting one, as some would have us believe, and ultimately the film stays with you, and you leave the theater reflecting on your own mortality, grateful for the time you do have... My only real complaint is that the dialogue with a few different characters (the dying Daisy, for one) at different times was inaudible--a problem both with the miking and the actor's delivery. On such a sumptuous production this was very irritating, as all other details had been tended to. The director should have had a grip on this!