this be one of my favorite movie of the last decade . i go to see this in the theatre simply because i have never hear of it and the starting time be right . i have no idea what be in store for me . my companion and i leave this movie in silence and each of u run the story back over in our head . we talk about it for hour afterward and each of u enjoy different part most . i have since purchase the video and watch it two or three more time and still love it each time . the story of the red violin journey across time and continent be fascinate and engross . the film feel like four or five film woven seamlessly into one . the feel for each country and time in the story be craft beautifully and and the scenery be breathtaking . the premise of the story be tell through a fortune teller prediction be clever and and the flashback or forward method be well do here . the only real flaw in this movie be samuel l. jackson . don not get me wrong i be a huge fan of his work i just believe that he be terribly miscast in this role . he just doesn not fit . but for a few moment when his superb act absorbs me and i be distract by his presence . unfortunately and there be many scene where his acting be flat and at best . i feel that just about any other similarly talented actor could have pull off this role more effectively . to anyone who have not see this movie what be you wait for .