The Best of 98

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 1999)

The Best Film of 1998.
The first thing is that this is a Peter Weir film, not a Jim Carrey film. Though he was great in a breakout role and should have been nominated for the Oscar. This film is very Hitchkockian. The feel is one of menace under a thin veil of normalcy. This is added to by the production design and cinematography.
The acting is great. Ed Harris gives great support to Carrye as the sinister father figure Christof.
The script is so subtle it probably feels more clever than it is.
It is ultimately a very moving modern fable about a man trying to be his own person when the world is trying to manipulate him into being what they want.
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