With all the rave reviews, i thought this movie would be be much better. don't get me wrong the acting and concept is superb...but the actual movie was slow and drawn out. For being "in the top ten, all-time shocking movies" it was frankly not shocking. I love the criterion collection but I was dissappointed just for the simple fact there were no sub-titles. This is such a basic feature I couldn't believe it wasn't included. Lastly, the picture is average transfer. there are blemishes that are noticable through out the movie. My [less expensive] movies have better quality (same time frame)!!! I guess it just wasn't my cup of tea. (by the way - the seventh seal - is the bench mark of criterion in my opinion.