“Very original.”

“Brilliant editing!  Tiresome violinist.”

“I liked the REAL commercials for Apple and Nokia a whole lot better!  I am sorry this was a long way to go for a camel.  I just couldn’t care about these characters.  The story was so far fetched and convoluted.”

“Captured my attention from beginning to end.  The music was powerful.  It was like a psychological puzzle given piece by piece.”

“A bit too contrived and melodramatic!  Some interesting scenes, especially the use of the computer images to create feedback and conversations.  Arsinee is gorgeous, reminds me of Ingrid Bergman.”

“So what I think happens is that Sabine lives happily ever after with Tommy…”

“It was convoluted and highly improbable.”

Horrid!  What was worse the music or the movie”?

“Wonderful piece of filmmaking.”

“Don’t believe Sabine!  So Sabine screws up the boy because his mother stole her husband!  Fairy tale ending.”

“Acceptance of fiction and denial of reality in a constant flux.  Disjointed and not easy to follow.”

I was bored.  Some scenes took me out of the narrative.  Contrived, not organic development.  Very disappointing.”

“It took too long to get to the main issue, manipulative wording and almost tiresome.”

“Heavy handed foreshadowing by the music which was well written and well played, but all of a somber sadness.  The manipulative editing obscured whatever point they were trying to make.”

“A very layered and provocative movie.  It really used cinematic language fully to raise issues of truth objectively, object fiction, communication (both personal in direct human contact and faux personal in the internet chat rooms).  Excellent in every way.”

“Really made you think about important issues.”

“An interesting take on the ‘truth.’”

“Interesting subject matter.  While political it dealt more with a son’s love and adoration for his father and the belief that he was not a murderer.  A bit confusing as to whether the airport incident was real or fictional.  So many emotions involved with the characters.”

“There is so much to think about and to react to.  So much symbolism.  I love Atom Egoyen’s films!  He always has a complex layering of emotions, motivations and outcomes.  He - as John Sayles - unfolds a story in such a masterful way.  What is truth/fiction?  Something is true for someone from a certain point of view.  So many things can be created with digital technology.  Now things can be created so what is real can come into question.  Adoration, that emotion taken to the extreme can lead to acts that have unexpected consequences. “