this movie engaged me deeply

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2015)

First I'd like to say that this is one of the best and most engaging movies I've ever seen. There were many scenes in which I was close to crying and my eyes were wet during about half of the film. This movie was for me very sad. It made me feel sad and I felt much pity for the character of John Merrick , the elephant man. The main reason I think this movie is a great movie is because we have much to learn from it. It teaches us a lot about people in general, about the values of society, and if we think hard enough about it, it teaches us about how we can improve as people and as a society. I think that this movie is a sad movie primarily because it depicts our society as valuing people based almost entirely on their appearance. Very little of the value we bestow upon people is based on their character and personality. To me, these days it's even more accurate than it was back when this film was released. We have much to learn from the movie the elephant man.