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The complexity of Egoyan's construction enlightens, rather than confuses. How the pieces fit together is a sleight of cinema.

Certainly not a film for the masses.

The Pittster does do his best with a restrained and mature performance, but he's about as shackled by Benjamin's condition as the character is.

An involving mystery which, alongside its immediate concerns, asks questions about human nature and the inherent mystery of mortality.

The design has a stainless veneer, bathed in early morning light.

A deceptively simple story, formulaic in places, but full of intriguing undercurrents.

Elevated by sharp direction from Peter Cornwell in his feature debut.

Though directors should be praised for being willing to experiment with genre, Tran Anh Hung's effort simply doesn't coalesce.

Required viewing.

They say this is based on a couple of Chekhov's shorter prose works. If so, everything was lost in translation.

It has nearly everything that filmgoers loved about Alfredson's Swedish original – except the originality.

Janusz Kaminski directs with an originality completely lacking in churn'em'out horror flicks, using bled, grained colour to create a look that peels the lustre of life from New York's dark soul.

The script is tight, the gags nurtured, the performances disciplined.

That's not beer in the Marky Mark fridge, it's testosterone. And he's going to share it with you.

Writer/director Andrew Niccol makes his point with the subtlety of a Vin Diesel chat up line.

Skinwalkers had me occasionally howling with laughter, whether it intended to be funny or not.

Even when one has a rough idea of where this mystery thriller is headed, the devil is in the detail, and each turn of the screw is handled with the sort of deft craftsmanship that becomes a pleasure unto itself.

Nil points for originality.

Joaquin Phoenix is utterly convincing in this role, conveying the longing and confusion with glimpses of the happier guy he could be.