Totally captivating

Rating: Null/10 (25 October 1998)

I was fortunate enough to see this film in a sneak preview and I was utterly captivated by it. Don't see it for its historical perspective although I think it does try to create an emotional perspective on the time. It is mostly a fantasy and if you allow yourself to participate in the often abstract fantasy you'll get far more out of it. It's erotic, and colorful and luscious and sensual and very satisfying on all those accounts. The whole film is based on emotion and the actors do an excellent job of relaying that. Toni Collette in particular blew me away.