the night listener be probably not one of william best role and but he make a very interesting character in a somewhat odd but very different movie . i can guarantee you that you have never see this kind of movie before . some people maybe would not like the slow pacing of this movie and but i think it the great plus of the movie . it be definitely one of the top movie that have come out the year 2006. it have a intriguing performance in a movie with a great content and dramatic feeling . this be no americanized movie . neither be it a predictable movie . you just feel that it be a movie that have secret which you have a hard time to determine what the outcome of it may be . this be no excellent movie that have everything and but hell and it a damn good and very original movie .