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A Masterpiece!

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Changing Lanes is about two people who are having difficulties in their lives, they enter each other's lives via a fender bender, one of them refuses to help the other leading into an extreme tit for tat situation throughout the entire movie.Changing Lanes has a unique plot, the main characters "Gavin Banek" (Ben Affleck) and "Doyle Gipson" (Samuel L. Jackson) are perfect for their roles, Director Roger Michell did outstanding work with this flick, and everyone else involved in this movie did a superb job.The film score composed by David Arnold is hip and suits the movie with it's drum and bass mixed with classical style.Changing Lanes doesn't allow you to root for a particular character because the plot is so much more than that. We see events from both points of view and both are likable characters, the motion picture is more on the lines of "what will they do next?" rather than "what character to root for".It's clear that "Gavin" (Affleck) is in more trouble than "Doyle" (Samuel L. Jackson) although "Doyle" is on the verge of losing his children, he is not committing crimes as opposed to "Gavin" - he is on the verge of ending up in jail and he's doing some really dodgy work with his boss/father in law, but by the end he makes the rights out of the wrongs. When you look into the plot more deeply it is highly possible that had the two main characters had not had that crazy feud, they may not have got their lives back on track in the end.There are a few scenes that stand out, one being the scene of "Doyle" beating up these two white men after butting in their conversation because they mentioned a "black kid", at one point in the movie "Doyle"'s mentor tells him that he's "addicted to chaos", this is shown here in the scene with the two white guys, had he not been hooked on chaos and disaster, he would have just minded his own business and ignored the black kid comment or better still leave the bar, he shouldn't be drinking anyway!A very clever and imperative scene is in the courthouse where we see "Gavin" at the same courthouse and at the same time as "Doyle", a fantastic scene that speaks so many words.Overall a great movie.

I don't think this is my wife's kind of movie. I watched it alone, and I think it would have been a little agonizing for her to watch it because she hates stories where things go wrong and it's tense, and even worse when people MAKE things go wrong for others. So I'm not going to give anything away; no more than the movie's poster's byline, because I want you to see this movie - if you are not in the same category as my wife - and I am assuming that you are like me and don't want the whole thing given away before you get to see it: rather let it unfold and go on the intended journey with it; not knowing what's around he next bend. So why do rate it so highly? It is one of those movies that when it reaches its conclusion, makes you appreciate the journey and revel in how you got to where you did. This movie went far deeper than I expected: it probes and challenges as we live through the character's respective struggles, torment, anguish, and just generally, EMOTION! Not quite fully identifiable personally, but extreme, high level, and wholly the thing that one should "enjoy" experiencing as the viewer, being able to identify with as it strokes chords, without it feeling like they are talking about you (which crosses the boundary from entertainment and goes into something more like psychology or sermonising). A good ride!

Here's a totally offbeat film, about as non-mainstream as you could expect despite the presence of two A-listers in the dual leading roles. It's a character study of motivation and the forces which drive sane people to commit insane and unpleasant acts. It helps greatly that the leads are played with such skill and charisma as actors Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Affleck can muster. Jackson is as intense as ever, but also unusually heart-warming in the emotional moments; Affleck puts in his best performance to date here as the vain but weak young lawyer, and the result is highly effective. The scenes in which the leads share screen time are very effective.The story is slow-paced but this works in the film's favour, building up a realistic picture of life in New York and carefully developing the characters along the way. There are many twists and surprises in the cat-and-mouse game played out between the two men, and it's never quite possible to predict the outcome for this is an edgy, sometimes unsettling movie. In the end things do get a bit preachy and syrupy, but this doesn't matter, because the film's message is a strong one and the dialogue is not spoon-fed to the audience, a failing of so many modern films. Instead this is a film that doesn't underestimate the viewer, that is worth a look thanks to being so unconventional and intelligently-written and made.

Don't worry the Spoiler is at the end and I'll warn you.So I wasn't expecting anything , to the matter of fact i was expecting something awful , boring and very commercial , but wait, I was so so Wrong this is a dark clever film , very well acted A surprise for me because if Ben Affleck is in a movie I think twice before I watch it (but I have to recognize lately he has being all right) and Samuel Jackson after snake on a plane I don't know what to expect but they did great.The script is very clever , dark and original the directing is nice nothing you haven't seem before but all properly crafted, the rest of the cast is solid and how could you go wrong with Sydney Pollack , William Hurt ,Tonni Collete ,Richard Jenkins...At the end I recomed this film specially if you catch it by surprise like me give it a change You'll not regret.***SPOILERRRR*** The only think I would have change is the end and I'm not saying is bad the one that the movie have , but it makes it alittle commercial , but at the same time it makes it fair; and that is a contradiction because one of the points of the story is showing that live isn't always fair. So I would have ended the film when they finish the conversation in the Cofee Shop after the day of all the events 11 minutes earlier that will be the Cannes film festival cut :=) the other one you can take it to Hollywood. Anyways a great surprise.WATCH IT IF YOU CAN.