This is a smart movie that has--somehow--avoided the dumbing down of most of the current crop of Hollywood movies. Bill Paxton deserves an Oscar nomination for his role, although Billy Bob Thornton will probably be the one to get it. His role is more quirky and thus perceived as harder to act. Not true. Bill Paxton was completely believable, in fact, it was his acting that made some of the surreal events believable. One of the best movies of the year!