Other viewers are griping about special effects. As one who is tired of special effects being the raison d'etre for way too many movies, I appreciated this movie for relying on the script and the actors' craft and letting the special effects serve the movie (LA dwellers: Watch for shots of LA pre-development, especially the Ambassador Hotel and a quickie of Desmond's on Wilshire without buildings everywhere around it). Good performances and a compelling story make it well worth seeing. Though it's not a `great' movie, it's still far better than the boatload of crap that is about to be unloaded on the public by the studios for the summer crowd.
Review of The Thirteenth Floor
