2/5 Don't waste your time
  by D. Burns (Los Gatos, CA United States)
Totally confused & stupid script with mediocre acting. Overall a bad movie; but I've seen worse, so I gave it 2 stars.

4/5 watch it more than twice
  by S. Wilbourne (UK)
this is a tough film - tough on the emotions, tough on the heart, and tough on the mind. it is illogical. non-linear, slightly confused - and yet not, it is oddly paced like a dance that is slightly off beat, and yet supremely well crafted, beautifully filmed - every frame a like a dictionary of meaning. it has a bit of the 'twin peaks' about it; dream like, slightly threatening. but the performances are superb; Danes is amazing and Phoenix, well i could not take my eyes of him.
for some reason i cried - several times. i have no idea why. i can't pretend to understand the film from beginning to end, but there are moments of clarity for sure. i felt this movie - every single minute of it.
the fact the film was panned in 2004 is unfortunate, and i hope many people see this movie and make up their own minds about it. perhaps it was a victim of malicious snobbery among the elite critics - I have no idea. but how it could be dismissed so flagrantly makes me wonder about the criteria some critics use as a basis of judgement.
see it for yourself and give it a couple of viewings.
anyone know where i can get a copy of the script and directors notes?

2/5 I'm just confused
  by Ferdy (Georgia, USA)
This movie is visually beautiful and extremely well cast. I think my problem with it is that I tried to make it make sense in some way. I kept looking for hidden meaning and symbolism and could never find a connection. The two main characters are a married couple who have been seperated by the business of their lives. He is a quiet professor and she is a world famous champion figure skater. While they have been seperated, the world has begun to go crazy with strange weather, unusual deaths and people becoming untethered from the Earth's gravity. I thought, at first, that their reunion would be the catalyst for setting things right. The meaning that only together could they make sense of the world. But that doesn't happen. And there's a weird subplot about clones of Elena that just didn't fit with the rest of the story at all. I read Lostgirl's review and perhaps what you need to do is watch this without any expectation and without looking for meaning. Simply enjoy the beauty of the movie. For me, I don't think it's worth another viewing. I prefer movies that do have a plot that makes sense and that I can understand.

5/5 A 21st Century Dr. Zhivago
  by RareRare
Of course this film wouldn't be appreciated in this day and time. It's about romantic love in the chaos of world change. We have none of that right now. Love is pre-nupts and celebrity merging. There is no poetry in today's romance and we're all the worse off because of it.

That said, don't even watch with this film if you disagree with above; but if you long for some semblance of romantic films like "Now Voyager" and "Dr. Zhivago" wrapped in the milieu of a world destroyed by big business then get your copy now!

1/5 waste of life
  by sally smith (Mustang Ranch, NV)
I kept hoping it would get to the point. any point.

waste of time. wasted evening. totally stupid movie.

I love Joaquin Phoenix, and Claire Danes, that's why I got this DVD. sad sad sad disappointment. even the sexy Sean Penn was stupid to sign up for this one.

watch something better - like the Fireplace Video.
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