I know there must have been a flaw but I can't think of where it might be.

Rating: 9/10 (3 December 2006)

If I were to step back and gaze at the movie in my minds eye I see a masterpiece of cinematography, acting, directing, casting, music, and originality. Yes it's esoteric and difficult......thank you Jesus! Not another damn spoon fed concept. Difficult is good, that means you get to watch it again in order to sort things out. It's a masterpiece because it is bizarre yet you will be suspended from disbelief enough to become immersed.
Now if it were longer I would have gone 10 stars, but then maybe I'm greedy. On the other hand, this film had tight editing which logically leads me to think that the director could have fluffed it up to lengthen it. Perhaps you could compare the Lord of the Rings trilogy. To me LOTR seemed excessively fluffed in that the edits weren't fast enough for my tastes.
By the way, don't waste your time with a cheap, *ahem*...copy; obtain the DVD in order to get the genuine sound quality and the difficult to reproduce dark qualities of this uncompromising cinematographic gem .