A movie with something to say

Rating: 8/10 (4 February 2002)

This is an unusual and interesting movie - that improves the longer it goes on. I thought that first hour or so was a little slow - but more than made up for by the last 30 minutes. The film is about actions-and-consequences - which makes a change from Hollywood's usual fixation with "fate". It has this in common with another Cruise movie - Magnolia - which (among its many themes) was also about choices - and their consequences. This movie is about something important - hang in there and you'll get it. Good acting (even from TC), great music and the two leading women - wow!