Exceptional

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2004)

This movie is a mold breaker. Movies like "Punch Drunk Love", "Trainspotting", and other such films just break the mold from what we have come to expect from typical movies. This movie uses a lot of music and camera scenes to set the tone and pace of the story. The story is straight forward, not complicated, but yet realistic and sincere. Young Renten is stuck in a life he really doesn't want or enjoy, but he has no other alternatives until, finally, through a series of disasters, he is forced escape to London, where he begins to change his views...on life, drugs, his friends, and what paths he will end up taking. The movie is wholly charming, witty, and also quite tongue-in-cheek. It can be disturbing and even upsetting at times, but only to further the story itself. There is not much to say beyond, rent or purchase this movie. I do not know if this is one of the 'greats', but it is without doubt one of the very goods. 9/10.