Compelling on several levels

Rating: Null/10 (9 August 1999)

I was expecting a thriller, but got a sensitive drama with a twist.
This movie started strong slowed down a little for the details and ended surprisingly well.
Throughout the movie, the characters held my interest. I wanted Crowe to be successful in helping Cole and figured that it would work both ways. I wanted Crowe and his wife to be happy. I wanted Cole's mother to understand her son's problem. Of course, in a normal world, a psychiatrist would dismiss the boy as delusional and prescribed drugs. This movie only touched on that fact then moved on to tell a great story with an ending that caught me completely off guard
Great movie.