Excellent, Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2007)

Perhaps I'm just on a roll here, but the last few movies I've seen have been fantastic. This one is no exception... From the opening frame I was hooked. What a beautiful look to this movie. What a wonderful pace and tone of it all, too.
I really wish this had more buzz about it. Giamatti, Norton and Bielle were wonderfully cast and so economic! No one went over the top. I guess that's the director's doing.
As I was watching the film, I realized that it was based on a short story I had read a few years back. How satisfying. Don't know if there is a data base of short stories made into features. I remember thinking how expansive the story was, but never thought that it could be a feature film... Best book to screen film, I think -- Birdy. Happens to be pone of my favs. Matthew modine, what ever happened to him?