One of my favorite movies

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. In fact, I remember it very well when I first saw this movie. Indeed, I actually had the pleasure to  see it in the movie theater when it was released and, back then, I have to admit that I was seriously blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, I thought it was such a great movie. Seriously, it is not very often that you come across a movie like this which really deserved all the praises it received. Eventually, what I enjoyed the most was the tone. Basically, even though there was a lot of bleakness in this story, it was often quite hilarious as well and the balance between bliss and despair was rather pitch perfect. The other thing I loved about this movie is that all the characters were quite fascinating to behold. The only exception was maybe the character played Annette Bening who was slightly too hysterical for my taste and I guess she could have been more developed but it was fortunately not a major issue. Concerning Sam Mendes, in my opinion, he delivered here one of the very best directing debuts which was quite awesome but it had its downside as well since, like Orson Welles with ‘Citizen Kane’, he might never be able to reach such heights in his career ever again. Unfortunately, almost 20 years later after this movie was released, Kevin Spacey would be hit by some sexual misconduct allegations which tarnished his career for good and it's such a pity that this movie's legacy will be forever tainted by Spacey's own personal downfall. Anyway, to conclude, it is still after all these years one of my favorite movies, it is a great classic and it is definitely worth a look.