Just saw this the other night and was blown away. It’s the most wonderful, beautiful, amazing film I’ve seen in ages. It looks phenomenal, sounds phenomenal, features stunning performances from Jackman and Weiss and the story is incredibly, deeply, spectacularly moving. In case you can’t tell, I liked it.
Now this was a surprise as almost every review I’d seen totally trashed it. Even the positive ones referred to its ‘flaws’. Seriously, how badly reviewed do you have to be before the only pull quotes you can put on the DVD include: “rises above its flaws” and “go with the flow and you’ll be rewarded”. There’s talk about its difficult and confusing structure, with the 3 stories across the 3 time periods intercutting throughout the film. It’s been called “time-travelling kabbalistic balderdash”. It was booed at the Venice Film Festival by critics. I can only assume that they either a) saw a completely different film or b) have no soul. Oh, and can’t understand the concept of metaphor.
Anyway, I can’t recommend it enough. Buy the film, buy the soundtrack and buy some tissues as you will be crying by the end.
