I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I hated this movie. It is quite possibly one of the worst movies I've ever seen.Part of my problem with it is the clever ending. Part of my problem with it is the typical Hollywood sympathetic portrayal of the Saintly AIDS-stricken Homosexual Wise Man. Part of my problem with it is that I just don't like Wesley Snipes much as an actor; to me, the same arrogant personality is present in every movie I've seen him in. Part of it was some extremely cheesy dialog meant to establish his wife's character: Wesley: "But, Honey, the kids...." Ming-na: "F*** the kids, I'm coming!"

I am not that big a fan of wesley snipes but he seems to pull this role of okay. I don't really like the film that much either but when it comes on TV i never miss it because of Robert Downey Jr. His role as a man dying of AIDS touched me deeply. It deserved a best supporting actor nomination from the academy. He is the only real comic relief too. with a lift of his eyebrow he can make you chuckle and can express all those feelings without words. Horrible film, But Downey is great. I can't forget to mention at the beginning when Snipes is visiting Downey at that studio, the cinematography is amazing, that dance idea is pure brilliance with the ballerina and then cutting back to Downey in a god like stance.

In this excellent movie we are told an apparently very simple story where life meets death, success crosses with failure, conjugal life redounds in adultery and love triumphs over it all though in a somewhat strange way. A man's best friend is dying of AIDS. He comes to visit him and that fact unchains a lot of coincidences and accidental events which will change some people's lives. This story is really made of factual coincidences but this circumstance far from being a flaw, is its backbone since life itself is full of strange coincidences and those shown here are not improbable. Life is really an orange like the dying man tells his best friend in his deathbed. What does this mean indeed? The answer is not given in the movie so it's up to you to find it by yourself. Another very important feature of the plot is the solid friendship between these two men which is revealed by some very moving deeds and circumstances. One last word for the sound track music which is also excellent and adequate to the atmosphere of the movie thus reinforcing it and making us feel it more deeply. And one last warning: prudes, abstain from seeing this movie because you will hate it not so much for certain scenes (as a matter of fact we have seen a lot of more explicit ones in a lot of famous movies) but because you won't be able to lay your moral prejudice aside in order to admire the beauty of this true love story or to understand its rather odd end. Is it important to say that the lovers' couple is here composed of a black man and a white woman (Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski who perform their roles very well)? I don't think so.

I really enjoyed this film. Leaving Las Vegas has to be one of my favourite films ever, and I enjoyed Timecode and The Browning Version too. So I'm becoming a Mike Figgis fan.I accept criticisms regarding the synthetic nature of the plot. It's all a bit too manipulative and unlikely -- but the subtlety of each character's performance, and the way the film is woven together (including some wonderful music choices) makes this movie a pleasure for me.If you regard this film as an experience rather than a narrative, then I think it has a lot to offer. My criteria for superb film-making is that I come out of the cinema (or rewind the video) feeling different to when I began. This film affected my mood and made me think. By the way -- the casting jarred quite a lot at the start, but became less of a problem as I got into the characterisations. Full marks to Wesley Snipes for being brave enough to make this film. Close to top marks to Nastassjia Kinski for being quietly superb, and Ming-Na Wen for the loudest orgasm on film outside of When Harry Met Sally.Eight out of ten.