Do NOT let anyone spoil the storyline for you!

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 1999)

This film will make you laugh, cry, jump and think.
It's an extraordinary film. It's so well crafted, so well made, so well conceived, it'll be a crime if it doesn't scoop the Oscars. Anyone who didn't like it simply didn't GET it.
Like that other phenomenal blockbuster of 1999, The Matrix, the intertwined story is presented in an unusual and intelligent manner. You do have to think about what you're watching. And you find yourself mentally reviewing the storyline the more you watch.
I wondered while watching it why so many people had gone to see such a cerebral film more than once - until the shattering denouement. Suddenly, the whole film falls into place and hits you like a sledgehammer. The boy's performance is inspirational, but with the realisation of that ending, it moves onto a whole other level.
If you want to hear a cinema audience go suddenly silent more than once, this is the film to see. I cannot recommend it enough for serious cinemagoers.