The greatest movie ever made...

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 1999)

The greatest movie ever made was "Citizen Kain". Then Steven King came around and wrote this American masterpiece. "Kane" was more American; but no movie could be more human than this work of art.
None could more powerfully convey the elation and anguish that is life, nor the half curse half blessing that is living. This movie makes you want to rap your arms around a loved one, hold on tight, and never let them go. It will help you appreciate the time we have, for now is the only time ever promised us.
It follows a year in the life of Paul (Tom Hanks), a prison guard on death row during the great depression, and chronicles it's effects.
The movie is long, plotting, and predictable; but the story is stirring. The emotions are high and the theme is universal. It does not take place in reality, mixing humor, drama, action, adventure, and tragedy, into the most gripping morality play ever to grace the silver screen. If you're not touched, you're not alive.
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