Astonishing!

Rating: 9/10 (11 November 2006)

This film is why you go to the theater and then back and then another time. From the first to the last it delivers. With gorgeous design, utterly engrossing performances it never misses a beat. The brooding and darkness in places are deep but subtle and never overpower the story. I found myself turning the story and characters over and over in mind and even found my dreams influenced. Typically the impact of a film leaves me as soon as I walk out of the theater. I've not felt the impact of film in such a personal way since The Dead Poets Society.
My one complaint is the non-linearity of the story in key places. It definitely takes multiple watchings (and multiple eyeballs) to catch all the twists and turns and a rewind control would be welcome. However I feel that to be a slight fault and for the academy to pass this one up without at least a nomination would be a unpardonable blunder.