positively splendid

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2000)

I can't begin to express how much I enjoyed this film. I planned not to see it, until a friend of mine referred to it in a discussion we were having. I'm not a Keannu Reeves fan, and thought it'd just be fluff, but when he referred to it in the context of our discussion, it definitely raised my eyebrows, so I rented it, and was glad I did.
For any who have pondered the enduring questions in life, this film is delightful. The fundamental issues of reality (metaphysical questions), knowledge and truth (epistemological questions) and a little bit of axiology are wrapped in a slick futuristic skin.
At the point Reeves' character is first introduced into the matrix, and has difficulty believing what is "real," I asked the question out loud just as Lawrence asked it: "what IS reality?"
Ringing with relevance and clarity, this movie presents hyperbolie in addressing some of the nagging questions in life.
Skim an introductory philosophy textbook if this is unfamiliar territory -- after doing so, you may just agree with me that this is definitely one for the ages.