Excellent and disturbing film

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2000)

This movie has been criticized as being too long by many critics and viewers. Personally, I didn't find the movie's length to be excessive at all. There wasn't a single moment of the film that didn't add to its impact. I recommend that everyone see this film at least once. I'm not sure I'll be able to watch it ever again because the execution scenes were very upsetting, and I've never cried so much in a movie theater before (I almost hyperventilated). The ending was also rather depressing (at least the message I took from it personally was depressing). Still I still think it was an excellently written, acted, and directed film, well worth the three hours.