Movie | 25th Hour | Pass

I really enjoyed this character study of a convicted drug dealer's last few hours before he goes to prison for the next 7 years.

Spike Lee directs an all-star cast including Edward Norton,  Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brian Cox, Rosario Dawson and Anna Paquin. The movie, which barely has a plot, is superbly woven by the excellent acting, though I found Paquin's character a bit odd (she plays an underage student trying to seduce Hoffman's professor character). Several scenes involving the dog bothered me, too.

The soundtrack is practically another actor, it's so strong.

I think some people won't like this movie. There isn't much action, very little violence (although, there is a foreboding overtone throughout and when there is violence, it's a bit shocking) and there's no "big bang", "tad-ah!" ending. In fact, this is one of those movies that doesn't wrap everything up in a neat package. None of that bothered me in the slightest.

Very well done, a thumb and half up and a Pass.