Good enough movie, but not at all one of the best...

Rating: 8/10 (2 April 2000)

Don't get me wrong here, I really enjoyed the movie, and is a fan of Kevin Spacey since "The usual suspects" and "LA confidential", I didn't dislike him in this movie either. But "Best film of the year"??? "Best film ever"??? That's imho misunderstandings as good as they come.
I gave it an 8 when I rated it, and for me that says it is a very good movie that, you will probably want to see again some day, but certainly not anywhere on my top 10's.
I think that in some way the characters were a little cliché, Revolting husband, Bored suburban wife, Outsider, Strict father, Prom queen and so on...
And the whole thing with Kevin Spacey revolting at his office immediately got me associating with the guy in "Office space", that is hypnotized into not caring at all about his career or life. Not really a ripoff, but...
Summary: Nice enough movie, but not at all deserving the place as no:2 on IMDb's top 250.