Visual masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2005)

The sheer beauty of contrasts in lighting, all through the movie makes this movie a delight for the eye. The use of morning and afternoon sun, and dim lights is awesome. The framing itself deserves an Oscar, it's just pure beauty and blends well with the story. It sets the mood for the dialogue. A visual masterpiece in my humble opinion. Turn offs: the time warps sometimes disturb the flow, and a woman sleeping around. Overall, the story is good, dialogues above average, although not excellent. I personally think you'll remember this movie more by what you see than what you hear. Very well worth the time spent watching. Binoche saves the day in that movie, as others mentioned already, but on a visual point of view, many other experts also did a wonderful job. The music is plain so-so, no soundtrack to be expected ever from that one (rather cheesy if you ask me), music not up to par with the rest of the movie. I doubt anyone can imagine something as nice when reading the book. A "should" see.