A Surprising Movie

Rating: Null/10 (11 June 2000)

The movie is surprising in that anybody gave it a second thought much less Oscar consideration. For example...Kevin Spacey's neigbor's son sells pot. He is also interested in Kevin's daughter. Kevin's only concern is getting more dope from this guy...the same guy who told Kevin's daughter that he would kill her father (Kevin) because she wanted him to do so. Aside from the cheating husbands, cheating wives, child abuse, drug use, black mail, voyerism, foul language, and the malaise the movie casts over suburbia, the movie stands as an insult to anybody who doesn't do these illegal/immoral things. It does so by pretending that the "normal" persons do this type of rancid behavior. To call this film garbage detracts from the comparatively high position garbage holds over this film. Avoid at all costs.