Visual and intellectual treat

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2010)

How nice to have a movie that requires one to pay attention and that challenges the mind! I'm going to buy this because each time I see it I get more from it. I gave it 9 out 10 only because I wish it were longer!!!
Hugh Jackman is astonishing. It took me a while the first time to realize that he was the Spanish character too, he looks so different and even his body language is different. In fact all three characters have different body language, quite an achievement. His emotional range is vast, and his portrayal of grief here is just as raw and real as Juliet Stephenson's in "Truly, Madly, Deeply". I know he makes a lot of money as Wolverine but I'd love to see him playing more roles with this kind of deep emotional honesty.
Rachel Weisz doesn't do a lot but her beauty and gravity and sweetness and sense of play make it obvious why the Jackman characters are so obsessed with getting her back or getting back to her or whatever.
The art direction is Oscar-worthy,it's a character in its own right.
I love it!