Doesn't stand the test of time

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2002)

I saw this movie when it first came out 7-8 years ago and loved it. I was 15 at the time. Saw it again recently on TV and I didn't like it nearly as much. There's really not much to criticize, it's an excellent work, very well acted, nicely executed but it's just....idunno.....too plain and safe. Nothing really daring or new about it, and on second viewing many scenes seem needlessly melodramatic.
Still well worth seeing, but nowhere near the classic status that some reviewers here were quick to bestow upon it.