this is a topnotch film

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 1999)

I love Bruce Willis. I'll bet that's an unpopular statement, but it's true. There is no other actor I can think of that alternately does blockbusters and "other" movies. The blockbusters are sometimes interesting (Die Hard was, Armegeddon wasn't). The other movies almost always are interesting. For example, this movie, Twelve Monkeys, and Pulp Fiction. Now, I agree the blockbusters are more numerous than the other films.
Anyway, getting to the movie at hand. A "horror" flick with no violence, you ask? What? How can this be? It's true. This movie is so unlike the rest of the crap flying out of hollywood it is amazing. No state-of-the-art special effects. None.
This movie has a twist that I didn't see coming, and I always see twists coming. I've seen too many damn movies and I'm too cynical. In fact, during this movie, my cynic alarm went off falsely a couple of times.
The other thing which amazes me about this movie is how good that kid is. The lines he says are really good, yes, but he is really good.
Lots of scenes in this movie could have turned out a lot different, if the direction and writting hadn't been as good. For some people they may not work (like some of the idiots who laughed at inappropriate times in the showing I saw), but they did for me. If you give into the movie and let it take on you a ride, you won't be disappointed.
This is an artfully crafted movie that is well worth seeing.