It's time to start over.

Rating: 1/10 (25 March 2000)

Is is true that we've run out of good movie ideas? Do we have to start re-cycling? I guess so, because critics and Academy voters want to name this tripe as "Best Picture". All previous winners will blush with shame! Sex, drugs, infidelity, murder, masturbation, and rose petals! Why didn't anyone think of this before? They have; but they laughed it off! Kevin Spacey (fun to watch as always, never different as always, but fun to watch)is held forward as an everyman "hero" because he heroically quits his job with a full year's salary as a safety net. Watch how he bravely gets a low level job at a fast food joint (I wonder if all of the other employees have $60K in their pockets?), starts smoking dope with the kid next door, dreams about jumping a high school cheerleader, tells his wife he's withdrawing from their marriage, and actually tries to listen to his daughter for the first time in a decade! zzzzzzzz! Hey, wake me up when he tries it WITHOUT the $60K, tries to salvage his marriage, recognizes the kid next door and the cheerleader as the real dopes, and re-connects with his daughter. Now THAT will be a good movie!