Your view of this movie may well depend on if you watch it at your local cinema, or just rent it for the night on DVD.
If you choose the latter option, and you're just not in the mood for the opening 20 minutes - which could be viewed as both bleak and depressing - you might just give up before the true story gets going, and miss out big time.
The film soon becomes a closely woven and complex morality tale of our times. The casting and acting are both superb.
Despite the storyline at times becoming slightly contrived, at no time are we, the audience, allowed to drop our "willing suspension of belief", and hence the film works perfectly.
If you choose the latter option, and you're just not in the mood for the opening 20 minutes - which could be viewed as both bleak and depressing - you might just give up before the true story gets going, and miss out big time.
The film soon becomes a closely woven and complex morality tale of our times. The casting and acting are both superb.
Despite the storyline at times becoming slightly contrived, at no time are we, the audience, allowed to drop our "willing suspension of belief", and hence the film works perfectly.