the acting fantastic . the story amazing . the script wonderful . just a few way to describe this movie . yes and it slow and it have mostly talk and but the whole story of all of their life and how it tell with the flashback throw in and out make you want to listen to every little thing to learn more about this haunting and tragic story . i and myself and be read the book that the movie be base off of and it have show me even more light into this story and answer some question that be leave unanswered in the movie . i be also to read the exectioner song and which be the other half of the gilmore story . this movie make me think so much about the phrase piering into the other side of the look glass . you hear a song in the movie call gary gilmore eye and which be by a punk band that write a song about what it would be like to have gary gilmore eye ( which be one of the thing gary give a a transplant when he die ) and a you listen to it and which be after the last time mikal ever see gary and you look at the whole situation a little differently if you be to only here the song itself . this movie open my eye in that way and in many others . i recommend this movie ( and the book ) very very much .