A very good movie

For already 20 years, I have been following Michael Winterbottom’s work and even though not all his movies have been exactly amazing because the guy is pretty much workaholic making at least one movie every single year, they have all been worth a look. From this very productive output, I think this movie had definitely the highest profile. Indeed, this time, Winterbottom was working with Angelina Jolie, already at the time the biggest female movie star in the world, and it was dealing with a story which was all over the news at the time. Eventually, even though it received some decent reviews, it was apparently a box-office flop but I thought it was actually a really good flick. Indeed, for all the people who doubt that Angelina Jolie has any talent, you should definitely check this movie. Indeed, I thought she was very good here and she probably gave her best performance. Concerning the story itself, I thought it was very interesting and the directing by Michael Winterbottom was, as usual, very competent. To conclude, even though it is nowadays a little bit forgotten, I thought it was a very strong drama and it is definitely worth a look.

8/10