the acting is great, the cinematography and direction are both Oscar worthy the plot is interesting and the characters are real. as time goes by you get more entouched to the characters involved and that makes this film interactive since you try in any way to guess what is going to happen. antonio baderas is high in my list of today's most promising directors and this film shows the perspectives he has as a director.. any way you should go see this movie and don't let its rating stop you from watching it because it almost did it to me and now i realise how i would have regretted had i not rented this movie instead of an other