Where's The Love??

Rating: 4/10 (11 November 1999)

I had reservations about seeing this movie when I first heard about it, thinking it would be little more than a twisted beauty pageant. However, after reading some absolutely fantastic reviews and seeing that it had gotten a 9.2/10 (at the time) rating on this site, I figured I'd have to give it a try.
I can't see what anyone saw in this film. It didn't grab me emotionally, it wasn't a turn-on, it felt false, shallow and hollow. I didn't buy what I consider to be the basic premise of the movie, the lusting of Spacey's character toward his daughter's teenaged friend. It seemed like a minor plot device thrown in at the last minute, but the entire movie centred around it and Spacey's increasing disenchantment with his life.
I laughed a few times, but those times were few and far between. At least I made it through the entire movie, though. A friend walked out of the theatre half-way through, completely bored and preferring to go for a walk instead.
I found myself begging (silently) for at least a nude scene or two once I realized the movie wasn't going to be to my liking, but even those seemed contrived and added as afterthoughts to the screenplay. Oh, look, breasts. Whee.
Utterly forgettable movie in my books, although I definitely appear to be in the minority on this one. 4/10 (and a very kind 4 at that).