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Well acted, well scripted, characterization was awesome. You've got to see this one.
10/10
12.1.2005 -
juliajulia40@ - age: 36-49
How can I describe it? I couldn't, it's too much for my analysis capabilities. All I know is you should watch it. No, it's not an action movie, not a comedy nor a sc-fi. It is just a well written movie with a minimum of depth and good actors. It has drama, it has suspense. It delivers emotions, but not the conventional ones.
10/10
24.12.2004 -
c0nfuzi@ - age: 18-25
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I like all Sean Penn movies. This movie is about friends who grew up in a neighbourhood when things are running smooth. The characterization is worth watching with good background score.
7/10
5.10.2004 -
navin_m_us@ - age: 26-35
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Very good acting. First half of the story, a great mystery, interesting characters but the last half was pretty messed up. I mean our standards are so low, when we try to justify a crime with a speech: "stand by your king" Sean Penn's character was smiling at the parade even though he had killed a friend, an innocent man, widowed a young mother, left a young boy fatherless. What kind of a person writes a story sypathising with one of the main characters and has the character who suffered the most just done away with as if he was just an animal to be put out of his misery. He was dehumanised at the end. Even his family, wife and young son was not given too much attention at the end. Shame on a system that's promoting justification of violence. What's this saying about our morals, lack of conscience, responsibility for a crime. This movie could have been a masterpiece with a different ending. Sean Penn's character should have shown remorse for his brutal crime and should have had to face the courts. The movie industry is making our justice system a joke..
6/10
6.8.2004 -
joachimm@ - age: 50+
This movie was superb in its depth and complexity about human emotions and relationships. I now want to read the book. It not only deals with the impact of sexual abuse on one person but all three of the boys; how it effects their future lives, their lack of intimacy, and trust within their own relationships. How Kevin Bacon's character hides behind his professon, how Sean Penn's anger lurks beneath the surface and how Tim Robbin's loss of innocence and clarity is constant. It is powerfully moving and hard to watch because emotional pain permeates throughout the whole movie. It's the first time I have seen a story about sexual abuse in a male context done so well.
10/10
26.6.2004 -
robinko@ - age: 36-49
Definitely one of the best I have ever seen, ranking #10 on my list. While I loved Return of the King, this movie would have won on any other year, just losing because the final Rings movie had come out and it needed the long due win. The ending is brilliant, besides Linney's speech, and is a movie everyone should see, no matter what.
10/10
26.6.2004 -
jim_d_73@ - age: 13-17
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Well I thought this moving kinda sucked, well the ending did anyways.
6/10
21.6.2004 -
smithince@ - age: 18-25
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I liked the movie a lot, my only problem was with the ending. Not that it was too long, that the last scenes of the parade were pointless, but it just seems my sense of justice and morality was betrayed by the movie. They just let a crime like that go unresolved, the perpetrator shows little remorse. It is like they act as if the victim died a long time ago in order to justify his death, but he was still there for his son, and he was still there for other people. Sorry if I got convoluted I just didnt want to give away vital details.
9/10
19.6.2004 -
hellnohellno@ - age: 18-25
This was awesome. I rented it and ended up watching it twice!!
9/10
12.6.2004 -
sarahsaddy@ - age: 18-25
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