What a beautiful film.

Back in 2005, before I saw this film, people kept on telling me that it's a foul, disgusting, horrible film. People were talking about all the incest and rape and animal torture and stuff and that's why I didn't ever want to seek it out. Then in 2006 I decided, out of curiosity, to buy it and watch it. Oh my gosh, what a fantastic film! Sure, there are some ugly elements here and there, but there's so much about this film that just feels so majestic and wonderful. I loved the scenes where he is at the concert and the scenes where he's with the disabled people. I found some of these scenes to have such an uncompressed sense of purity to them that you just don't see in films usually. I admit that there were scenes that deeply disturbed me, but it wasn't the scenes of incest or rape, though the scenes with the dead cat did disturb me. The scenes that disturbed me more were the scenes of casual cruelty, like the scene where the mom and dad are screaming at and humiliating their daughter for being overweight. I actually cried during that scene. However, there were so many other scenes that left me feeling all kinds of different emotions. This was a film that made me laugh, cry, smile, and get angry all in about equal measure. This was a trip, and I highly recommend that everyone takes the time to seek it out and watch it. The opening scenes start off a little ugly, but stick with it. It's a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. 10/10

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