Proof that Joe Public needs to be told by Hollywood what a good movie is

Rating: 6/10 (26 March 2000)

Why this movie gets the praise it does is beyond me. It is quite a mediocre movie dealing with subjects and themes that have been done to death. It seems that Americans like movies that satirise American life, which is all well and good, but spare a thought for the rest of us.
I live in the UK and outside of America this movie looses a lot of its power and impact. To us it's just another suburban midlife crisis movie no different from the scores of other suburban midlife crisis movies. The movie did entertain me and I laughed a few times, but surely for a movie to be critically acclaimed it should have international appeal? The way the Americans arrogantly define this American-only movie as good just makes us non-Americans hate it even more.
If this movie wasn't up for Oscars then it wouldn't get half the praise it does.