Inexplicably terrible with amazing acting.

Rating: 4/10 (13 March 2007)

Perhaps then worst Oscar winning film I've ever seen. How a movie could be so disappointing with such amazing acting is beyond me. There is little or no character development and several inexplicable plot choices. Without giving the film away, several things happened that made no sense other than (as my film-making father would say) "the director said so." I'm not sure that the failures of this film can be attributed to any of the executors of the film (director, actors, cameramen) since all of them seemed to execute the filming to near perfection. Rather, the failure is either with a shoddy script, poor editing choices (fault depends on the amount of control the director had), or a combination of the two. A viewer could easily find this to be one of the better films they have watched recently, or one of the worst, depending on several factors (including whether they are seeking a well developed). Look for the best, but prepare to be disappointed and perhaps confused.