Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.