Promising idea, disappointing result

Rating: 6/10 (10 April 2002)

This film had all the ingredients needed, still it fails considerably. Its topic is comparable to Boogie Nights but whereas that films manages to use the music, fashion etc of the time (in addition to some remarkable characters) to create something truly spectacular, this film turns it all turns into a faceless background blur and does not manage to produce proper characters either (with the exception of Mike Myers). But the raw material is so promising that somebody should definitely make it all over with greater amounts of passion, humour and sensitivity.