The first time I saw this movie, in the theater, I swear I got high on it. I left the theater staggering around and wondering what the hell just happened to me. My friend who saw it with me, not a PKD fan, was only in slightly better shape.

An hour later over coffee, I still felt weird and couldn’t shake the notion that the theater management had pumped something into the ventilation system. This is of course impossible. But still.

It’s one of the strangest experiences I’ve ever had.

As for the movie itself, it’s PHENOMENAL. A. Absolutely the most faithful adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel ever. B. Gorgeous – the rotoscoping technique is also perfect for the subject matter. C. Keanu Reeves is perfectly cast, for the first time since the Bill and Ted movies. Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson also perfectly cast, as is D. Rory Cocharane who deserves a letter all his own. E. Richard Linklater found a hidden plot possiblity in the narrative (I won’t spell it out because that would be spoiling) and dropped it like an exquisitely well-placed bomb on the ending. F. Yay! They kept the bicycle scene in all its brain-twisting weirdness…

I could go all the way to Z but you get the idea.