One of the best films of 1999

Rating: 9/10 (14 December 1999)

This film ties with "American Beauty" as my favorite film of 1999. What a glorious year for movies this has been! Tom Hanks turns in another fine performance and the rest of the cast is great as well. This movie is well-acted, well-directed and really emotional. I initially has reservations about seeing it because of the three-hour length, but I was so immensed in the story that I didn't even think about the length. As long as the movie's good, the length doesn't matter.
I also found this to be one of the saddest movies I've ever seen with a fairly bittersweet ending. It's a movie that really tugs at your emotional strings. This is not the emotional button-pushing of your avarage Hollywood product. This is true emotion. I highly reccomend this film.