Beautiful, heartfelt film.

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2003)

This movie was absolutley stunning. And I find it very depressing that it will be, no doubt, completely overlooked in the Oscars. In many ways, it reminds me of another overlooked film (which also starred Brody) The Thin Red Line. However, both these films were made to make impacts on people; not win awards. That is what The Hours and Gangs Of New York are for.
I sat in my seat completely transfixed on the screen. Everything had such an amazing presence. It was completely believable, in both acting and story, and the hardest thing to believe is that this actually happened.
This film had soul, Polanski had suffered at the hands of the Nazis, and could direct with knowledge and experience. When reading the credits, I also noticed that most of the names were Polish or German. So this film was much more real than I had thought. I recommend this film to everyone. For the wonderful performances, especially that of Brody, who was hauntingly mezmorising. For the beautiful cinematography, for the perfect directing; for everything. This was an amazing film.