A remake worth watching.

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2013)

I sat down to write a review about this film and I couldn't. Even as I sit here now, hours later, I still can't. I could write up six paragraphs gushing over the film but that's all it would be. No matter what angle I try to come at the review at all I can think about is just how amazing the film was. I've written plenty of reviews for films I consider masterpieces wherein the only thing I do is praise the film, but for some reason it's not happening. I mean, I just can't. That's how good this film is. It's so good, and I loved it so much, that I can't put it into words. 2011 is the first year where I want to have my number one of the year be a tie. I didn't think anything could touch Drive, but this does. I loved everything about it. When I first watched the Swedish version all I could think after it was over was that David Fincher would've been the perfect man to direct it. Low and behold my wish was granted and did he ever deliver. It's not just him either everyone delivers. From the acting to the screenplay to the editing to the score to the sound mixing to the art direction to the cinematography everything. Just everything is exactly how it should be. The best part though? Rooney Mara. She gives what is my favorite performance of the year. Like it or not this one will be iconic.
10/10