Driver's portrayal earned her one of the film's nine Oscar nominations. Ben Affleck turns in a solid performance as Will's best friend Chuckie, while his brother Casey Affleck supplies much of the film's comic relief as Morgan. Director Gus Van Sant puts his actors through their paces getting the absolute best from each. But then again, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Academy Award winning screenplay may have made the job easy for him. Despite the lack of the enhancement, the Letterboxed transfer looks superb.
Colors reproduce with excellent saturation and nary a hint of chroma noise.
Digital compression artifacts were virtually nonexistent thanks to a dual layered presentation that maximized the bit rate. The Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack has remarkable fidelity, but there is nothing showy about the mix. Dialogue reproduction was clean sounding and the rest of the channels were utilized to give the track atmosphere. Danny Elfman's marvelous Academy Award nominated score is featured prominently in the mix, which makes the track well worth amplifying. The interactive menus are rather simplistic in design, offering no entertainment value of their own.