Different, anyway

Rating: 7/10 (23 March 2005)

OK, I suppose it is well known that there are significant plot twists in this film. I will not reveal them here, because I would have liked the film a lot less if I had known what they were. In fact, I am astounded that I was ignorant of them. If this had been a more highly regarded or higher-grossing film, than I am sure I would have heard. I will say that there were a few small things that made me wonder. The acting was almost all very low-key, with the exceptions of Adrien Brody, playing the village idiot, and Bryce Dallas Howard, as the blind vixen. Miss Howard was pretty good in some parts, but was (to me) totally unbelievable as a blind woman. Needs some work, but hey, she's young. The movie was at least different, and that's saying a lot in today's Hollywood.