You won't be disappointed!

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Load of rubbish!!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

First of all, there is no mystery to uncover seeing as how the whole mystery is the fact that he suffers from split personality disorder and spends half his time dressed as a woman, and that is revealed instantly at the start of the movie. Movie would have been better if the audience had to figure out on their own that Emma and John were one in the same. But because of the description of the movie, the audience is thinking there is some big mystery, and since we know from the get-go that John and Emma are the same person, we then assume there is some other mystery to be revealed. There isn't. This painfully slow-talking, whispering, and total bore of a movie drags on for an hour and a half, but it feels like a 9-hour movie. Think Norman Bates but extremely functional and impossibly boring. They could've fooled the audience by calling Emma Jon's sister, and doing some tricky makeup and this movie would have been so much better letting the audience discover it for themselves.

Why You Might Like It: This movie primarily surrounds an individual who is suffering from split personality/gender disorder and revolves around his struggles to keep it under control and hidden after a train derails and ends up in his back yard making him and his home an overnight media destination. Cillian Murphy does a great job and the supporting cast is filled with familiar faces (Susan Sarandon, Ellen Page) who all play their parts well. The movie has a semi-Hitchcock feel to it from a directing standpoint and manages to peak your interest just enough to keep you watching.Why You Might Not Like It: The movie is somewhat slow and dialogue driven for the most part. There are some obvious loopholes or reasons to find the movie unbelievable if you wanted to focus on that, but they aren't something that would sway me away from watching the movie. There are better movies that fit this mold out there, but this one really tends to focus on the struggle of the individual suffering from the condition above all else. Acting/Casting: 6.5* Directing/Cinematography/Technical: 5.5*Plot/Characters: 5.5* Entertainment Value: 5* Total - 6.5+5.5+5.5+5 = 5.625*

What a waste of talented actors. I'd probably only watch this movie again if i was intoxicated and felt like laughing at a man dressed as a woman for two hours. No wonder this went straight to video. thinking it would be interesting and it is not. it's just a man dressed as a woman in 1950. That's what the whole movie is about! my and my friend were cracking up at it. In the beginning there is a train wreck that looks totally fake, It is hilarious. In general however, it has no story and really wasn't about anything. Susan Sarandon just seems like she does not want to be there. It's very boring as wellI'd be curious to see if the filmmakers on this make anything else.

Just saw this movie on our TV and liked it very much. Its ending is quite a surprise! Of course one wonders how nobody sees that Emma is a man. I just told myself that a lot of make up was put on the face to conceal the beard growth. But it is a movie! So for whatever reason, people did not recognize John in Emma. That makes the movie less interesting?One could ask many more questions ~ why is there no mention at all of a father? Why did nobody take care of John when he was a child, did nobody notice his mother had psychological problems and the child should have been protected? But nobody noticed apparently and so we got this story. Hopefully in reality more attention will be paid to abusive parents....I had never heard about Cillian Murphy and I think he is a very good actor. I just hope his eyebrows grew back.