HORRIBLE!!! I can't stress it enough!

Rating: 1/10 (22 September 2007)

(contains minor spoilers) horrible. horrible. horrible.
the move dragged on forever. there was basically no plot at all, and characters of the film (ie Prudence) popped in and out of the story, without real background or explanations to why the character did so. some scenes of the film had no real purpose, (ie the circus) and completely confused the story more. the film tried to be something more than it really was, a piece of rubbish, with the talk about Vietnam and Civil Rights during the 1960's. i felt like it tried to copy The Dreamers in a number of ways. the overacting, done by Evan Rachel Wood reminded me of Jennifer Love Hewitt in that Enrique Inglesias video. much of the film didn't answer questions like "how did Max get hurt?" "why did Prudence leave Ohio?" "Why did Prudence leave New York?" "How did Lucy know where to call Jude's father to get him out of Jail?" "How the hell did Jude return the USA after being deported?" the whole movie was unrealistic, confusing, tons of plot holes, not worth the hype, utter waste of time.
it's a shame though, we needed a good movie about Vietnam and the happenings during the 60's. i'd appreciate a movie like that more, than this trash that really had no story. i can't even tell you what the film was about if my life depended on it.