Pretty Good

Instant Favorite.

Fantastic!

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Simply brilliant. Almost every scene is a standout, and totally memorable. This movie is some of Australia's best letting loose, and seemingly without bounds. I wonder if it was a case of 'action', and then see what happens.Jackie Weaver during her audition getting particularly annoyed with Colin Haye. Any David Wenham scene, likewise Barry Otto; I almost feel for Toni Collette having to play the sane nut.Was the pig attacking Ben real, it appeared so, and obviously left in because his reaction was priceless.I can't recommend this film highly enough.

Once upon a time we were all children with the privilege of being ourselves in every moment of our life. Sometimes our life turns awry and we slip into a difficult position ..one that does not allow us the ability to escape. But we still remain ourselves and have the right to try to reach the open air while being pushed down with our physical and mental anguishes that slip up on us and close off the fresh air that we all need.Cosi is that kind of a story. A young man attempts to find his "fresh air", and in doing so he sets a group of severly lovely children FREE and for the moment gives them breathing room. And his fresh air is in full supply as he faces the future not afraid.

I agree with most of the reviews already posted, but would like to add that I found the characterizations to be what endeared me most to this production. I'm a recent explorer of opera and have seen movie versions of some of them. This can stand toe to toe with any movie version of an opera in terms of its ability to reach gut level. I cried when the house lights went down and the curtain up as the six on stage were transformed into something bigger than themselves and so participated in the healing mystery that mankind has been experiencing since the first dramatizations and plays were enacted.

Funny and touching. An unusal blend of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutti and the life of an unemployed stage director who takes a job out of desparation with a mental institution as rec director. Must see scene occurs at the end of the final credits.