Superb!

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 1999)

Excellent in every way. Exquisitely plotted; striking, moody cinematography and direction; fine performances; a thoughtful, intelligent, deeply moving film. Though well-stocked with gore effects and some stunning shocks, its overall mood is cold, calm and still, and its theme on many levels is the need to communicate, to tell something, something that untold will not let the soul rest. Absolutely beautiful, and tied off with a blind-siding twist ending that you will *never* see coming but that makes perfect sense the moment you comprehend it. Four stars!