The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a moving story about a magazine publisher who suffers a great tragedy and ends up living through his imagination and memories. The film goes through the everyday life of a patient with his locked within oneself and shares his memories with us of his children, his wife or mother of his children, his fathers love for him, and his never ending encounters with women, life, and love.

When I first started watching this movie I was a little hesitant as to whether or not I would enjoy it because I do not particularly like watching movies that make me read the subtitles. But this movie was so moving it brought me to tears at one point. The way that we see the world though his eye and from his point of view is so moving and enlightening that I could not help but fall in love with this movie only a few minutes into it. I could feel the pain that he was going through while watching this movie and I could not imagine how I could live a life like his. The movie was moving to me in all the right ways. It had all of the emotions that I think a good movie should have. Love, hate, sadness, laughter, pity, and remorse. I felt a connection to these characters that I cannot really explain, but I enjoyed it even though it brought me to tears. This is one of those movies that I can see people either loving or hating, and not really just liking. There is too much sadness for some people, but there may not be enough or something else for another. I think that it is a movie that people should give a chance regardless of the reviews it may receive, and to me it is a must see.