One of the greatest

Rating: 10/10 (24 September 2002)

This was a truly great and touching movie. It's hard to give a review because it really has to be seen to be believed. Hopkins and Hurt are terrific. This has to be one of the best by David Lynch and that's saying a lot considering the obsessed Lynch fan I am. One of my friends have begged me to see it at a party but he and I were outvoted by Shining fans. Anyway this movie will make you cry. John Merrick may look like a monster but he is a caring, kind, intelligent, respectful, and above all great man. It's the people that discriminate against him, ridicule him, and use him that are the monsters. Several scenes in the movie can be rather disturbing (one is hard not to turn away from) but that's what makes this movie so powerful. I don't see how anyone can put down this film and say it is not great. Even if you hate David Lynch's other movies you'll probably still like this one. If it didn't win any of the eight academy awards it was nominated for it would have been an injustice. You have to see it to believe it.
10/10