I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

The second season of 500 Questions does provide some interesting strategy from the contestants and the cinematic quality of the design is intense.However, the game is incredibly slow-paced, mainly due to ridiculous number of time-wasters. Aside from the annoying number of "quick breaks," is it necessary for the host to blather between every question and to rattle off all of the correct answers in a battle question? We can SEE what question the contestant is on and how many wrongs there are the board, so it's useless to tell us what they are.Another problem is that the prize earnings are extremely low. Having each correct answer be only worth $1,000 doesn't provide a lot of tension; maybe if contestants earned a bonus for getting questions correct in a row, it would feel more exciting.Moreover, it takes a contestant to answer all 30 questions to bank money, which leads to rather extremely low payouts and takes way too much time. Many times, the contestant walks away with nothing. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire took less time to reach the $32,000 mark. Heck, Jeopardy is a better game show and it finished in 30 minutes.Worse, the likelihood of anyone reaching 500 questions, let alone half that, is improbable enough that the whole premise of the show is moot.

The premise of this game show is pretty simple, answer as many questions as you can up to the grand prize at 500 questions. There are some variations but answering a question correctly on your first attempt is worth $1000. The player banks the money and it's collected after each block of 50 questions. A second player is marginally involved and if the main contestant answers three consecutive incorrectly he is eliminated and the secondary player takes over. The question count and pot is reset to $O. The host is dry and a little goofy and the process drags out with his inane prattling. This is a limited run (at least for now) series scheduled for a total of 9 hours. It is currently running at a pace of 41 questions per hour episode. In the last two episodes they would have to answer 106 questions in each one to reach 500 questions total. With the current contestant having answered 62 questions there is no practical way for him to reach 500 (that's 219 per episode). If there were only one contestant all the way through he would have to average 56 questions hourly. Thus my summery title: An Exercise in Futility

Just a different version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire!!! What is the deal with ABC??? Is ABC owned by the UK now? Why does this show have a English moderator??? Couldn't they find an American who could be the host??? ABC had now SO many shows with British lead characters - haven't they realized the English HATE Americans? Notice that I said English and not British for the UK is so much more than just England. Luckily the Irish, the Scots and the Welsh don't have any issues with the Americans. Trust me, I lived in North Yorkshire for 8 years and you have no idea how much English people hate Americans. You will not see it in shows such as the Abbey, but if you watch the local TV or attend any local shows, you would see how Americans are constantly under attack.

500 Questions is a 7-day contest event. During that week, contestants--one at a time--try to answer questions in various categories. The questions are not multiple choice and there are no clues given. The variety of questions is good and they are not too obscure. If the player misses three questions in a row, he is gone.The mechanics of the game are somewhat obscure. The host explains the fine points as the show progresses, like what it means when "Battle" comes on the big screen. Did I mention that there is a second contestant? Yes, another "genius", as they are described, waits in the shadows for the main contestant to fail. On "Battle" questions, they compete head to head. Honestly, I cannot criticize the show for explaining the fine points during gameplay. It would be too boring to explain them all upfront.Some have complained that the pace of the game is too slow. By the second episode, I thought the pace was accelerating. This show is probably not for anyone other than trivia/quiz show fans.I have one criticism. I am not sure what happens if someone--unexpectedly--reaches 500 questions.