This is how movies are meant to be made.....

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 1999)

Quite simply a masterpiece from begining to end. It takes Citizen Kane's narrative structure and goes from there - adding music, colour, sex, oil & glitter. Todd Haynes even includes a little self-homage to 'Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story'. The performances are electrifying, especially Ewan McGregor and Tony Collette. Oh, and if anyone thought Eddie Izzard was bad in 'The Avengers', this film shows what he's really capable of. Recommendable to anyone........except, perhaps, your mother.