Quite remarkable... rather disturbing... very different

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2008)

Not exactly as I imagined - indeed quite different. Not my cup of tea... rather brooding, depressing and dark at times. But most certainly an interesting, excellent well-made film with one of the best lead actor performances I have seen since Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs. Daniel well deserved his Oscar ! Excellent performances also by Ely the Preacher and the boy, HW.
My own complaint is not with the film itself but with the cinema who obviously were using an unauthorised copy. Saw it at the VIP Cinema at City Stars in Cairo - with the last 15 minutes or so being in German !!!!! OK, I know, I understand German, but nevertheless I complained and rightly was refunded.