Skin deep beauty...Also the best 10 minutes of film ever!

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2003)

This is a good movie...if you like The Twilight Zone, you will like this. Some of the movie transitions gave me goose flesh. SPOILER ALERT: One thought: The movie revealed a prejudice against disfigured and/or "ugly" people. How fragile our self worth would be if we merely judged ourselves by the geometry of our face...what about integrity, character, and compassion...the script disappoints at the end, when it is revealed that if Cruise's character chooses reality, his face can be fixed with new technology...choosing "reality" should have included living with his new challenges, and growing because of them. The 10 minutes of this movie are some of the best in my viewing experience. Reflections on the 9/11 WTC terrorist attacks are inevitable and powerful. One gets a glimpse into one's own soul...