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"21 Grams" is an impressive display of the power of film. It goes back in time to when stories were told of ordinary people in REAL extraordinary circumstances. It is a heartwrenching story wrought with moral and ethical dillemas and great tradedy between 3 characters from 3 different walks of life who are destined to be intertwined. The movie is tense from start to finish and reveals itself with a cinematic approach NEVER before utilized. Every scene is in itself nothing less than enigmatic. Yet the scenes are linked in a sort of emotive linear fashion to express the feeling rather than progress any plot heavy hollywood-esqe story line along.

This film does not insult the audience member, it does not lead you by the nose along a path that's easily recognizable being careful not to suprise you. With this emotionally impactful methodology used in linking the scenes it is universally understandable and completely identifiable with characters who's rare cirmstances do not come off as far fetched or contrived like so many other films. The events that effect them are simply raw, even in their subjectivity and display a magnitude that simply can not be ignored even by the most disfuntionally inattentive audience.

"21 Grams" wastes no time hiting you with these powerful dillemas usually too touchy to approach by even todays conventional standards. They happen with the "deus ex machina" force that reitterates our powerlessness in the universe. The director does not pander to the audiences expectations and he does not sugar-coat one moement. He simply shows it for what it is and the reality is very grizzly.

In the hands of a lesser talent "21 Grams" could very easily fall on it's face and make a mockery out of such life-altering and life-ending events left to be easily critisized and subsequently dismissed. Such films are ear-marked as fodder left to a mundane shelf life on video. "21 Grams" transcends that stereotype with grace and dignity and finds itself a success beyond sucess on all levels. It's a movie well worth seeing in the theatre and it's a movie that hopefully will not be ignored come Academy time.

I personally am not in the habbit of championing mediocre art films with some sort of cause or agenda. I know there are many who simply see independant movies like fashion and give them credence by virtue of the fact that they are different whether they work or not. And the other three-quarters of America may, by virtue of it's content, glibly put this on that art film shelf. "21 Grams" does not deserve such a title because it is simply NOT THAT. It stands in a catagory undefined and unique to itself. More poignant than Sodoberg's acclaimed "TRAFFIC" it should be marketed with the same critical ferver than gets mass audiences to sit in the theatre and see. It can be appreciated by anyone who's ever gone through a very hard life experiance and can be respected and learned from by those who are lucky enough to have not.

This film is a 10 on the scale, gets an A+ for it's intelligence and abilities. IT is a power-house that makes going to the movies an eye-opening experiance rarely experienced since the onset of the tech-inspired uber-commercialized posturing of our new millenium.