Disregard the good reviews...this movie was AWFUL.

Rating: 1/10 (1 April 2000)

Here's an interesting point: Almost every picture that ever won the best picture Oscar has a place in the IMDb top 250. Except one. You know which one that is? It shouldn't be hard to guess. Right now, it has an average 7.1 in it's scale. That's much closer to 6 than it is to 8. If this movie is so good, then why does it have such a rank, and why is it isolated from the other "Best Pictures"?
Simple. It is a mediocre movie, lavished by critics and audience alike because of the "love story." Not all love stories are good, which is unarguable, yet the only reason people say they love this movie is because it was a "beautiful love story."
Beautiful it was not. The characters were cold, calculated, and the love story in it is an affair between two amoral people. The woman is cheating on her husband, and her lover is a German allied spy during WWII. But that's not all. He turns an entire town over to Nazis. When people ask "what's to hate about this movie," the film really speaks for itself. Either that, or the people who rave about this movie are just liking it based on the good reviews.
This is a Hollywood movie, covered in a false glaze that gives it the apperance of an "art house" film. If you're going to like this movie, at least give a good reason. In my opinion this movie was boring, scornful, with only two saving graces, which is Juliette Binoche and Naveen Andrews' very touching performances. But that's as far as I'll go.
A lobotomy without painkillers is preferrable compared to watching this trash.