Great

Rating: 9/10 (19 August 1999)

I was amazed by this film, and incredibly surprised when it wasn't nominated for best picture.
First, there's Jim Carrey's performance. It is a departure for him, yet it seems tailor made. In my opinion, it deserved an oscar nomination. Ed Harris and Laura Linney were also great.
Peter Wier's direction is remarkable. He deserved every award he won, and Andrew Niccol's screenplay was certainly better than Shakespeare in Love's, which won (and that annoyed me to no end).
A film that entertains you completely, while asking how completely you should be entertained. It is a plausible idea, executed brilliantly. A film I plan to watch again.
Rated #4 on my top ten of 1998.