Good to see an old fashioned film.

Rating: 9/10 (26 September 2006)

Minus a ton of CGI or special effects or tricky digital camera work, it was nice to watch a film the way I remember movies as a kid. I did not leave the theater feeling that I had lost my money, and I thought a long time after the film about how solid and well done the film was. For once, characters were developed in a current release and the director cared more about quality storytelling and acting rather than the latest trends in special effects. This movie simply tells a good story with great performances from Norton, Biehl,and Giamatti.
Philp Glass' score worked beautifully.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film.