How sad is this?

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Blistering performances.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I loved the different illusions of this movie and I began to understand it and like the it; I noticed she sees things from the past and it got me a bit confused.I really don't know if I like this movie ha-ha because honestly, I don't understand the ending one bit. Can anyone clue me in?? I feel like it's a really good movie and the thrill really gets to you but I just don't understand what happens in the end.This stupid thing requires me to have 10 lines and i really don't know what else to say besides that I just want clarification on the ending. That's all, any help is appreciated. I just want to know what is the meaning then I will watch the movie all over again with a better understanding :)

I think a lot of people will hate this movie, because there is no a boy-loves-girl-marry-have children-happy ending story... When I saw this movie, I thought it was an European movie, I couldn't believe it's an American one...I remembered "American Psycho".I think there's no "easy" movie to watch...I was horrified because the violence is very real, I live in a country with a lot of drug problems, with about 16 dead people every day (men and women and children), so everything is possible... and even me was impressed!! I think it's a great movie... a piece of art... fine art... a psycho-thriller...In 50 or 60 years, when many of us were dead, someone will watch this movie and he will say: "IT'S WONDERFUL... WHY PEOPLE DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT?"

The acting was good, the plot seemed interesting, the directing and scenes were good, and the movie keeps your attention well. But in the end, the plot is horrible. You watch the whole movie trying to piece the multiple themes together; e.g. the murdered child, the bank robbery, her visions or premonitions, her marriage, the safety of her daughter etc. In the end, you simply learn that basically the whole movie was a hallucination. It's like the old episode of Dallas where the entire season was a dream. You feel cheated, especially if you were struggling to put the plots together. From a plot standpoint, it really does not take much skill to throw twelve random plots into the mix, and then in the end reconcile all the threads by saying that it was all imaginary. We watch Columbo or Monk intensely because we hope that in the end it will all come together; when it simply does not, we are robbed.

I think far too many people are going into this film thinking it's a supernatural theme - it really isn't. I thought it would be as well (based off of the DVD case description) and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was wrong about that when the final credits rolled.Ultimately, this movie is a study of the effects of guilt on the human psyche and how our fears can ultimately consume us. Paying close attention to the movie is required to fully unravel the twist ending. If you're not watching it (or rewatching it) carefully, most likely you will miss out on important clues and end up disliking the movie. I thought the cast did an incredible job of being believable, especially Marisa who fluctuated beautifully between sanity and fantasy.Is this the best movie I've ever seen? No... but I would recommend it to anyone who likes to be surprised.One bit of advice for those people reading this review after watching the movie and not understanding it: go back and look >closely<, this time, to the items in the shopping cart at the end. Quite a few puzzle pieces that you need to put together to understand the twist are laid out perfectly for you.