Baffling popularity

Rating: 3/10 (31 July 2009)

Why this silly film has such a high rating is baffling and throws the whole IMDb rating system, which used to be pretty reliable, in doubt. Do so many young people really just think it's that cool to have a film where the couple doesn't live happily ever after? So they're willing to overlook how insipid and shallow the two main characters are? The film, hyped as out of the box, is so predictable in how it is out of the box that it's tedious. Zooey Deschanel does not have an acting bone in her body, and what's-his-name isn't much better, despite his rueful Edward Norton smile (Norton has more talent in his little finger, however, than this guy). I used to believe that any IMDb rating over 7 was watchable, and anything over 8 was good. Not any more.