Hated it, hated it, hated it!

Rating: Null/10 (3 April 2000)

I saw the film, read all the reviews and IMDB comments, and watched the Oscars. Nothing so far has explained to me even one iota of the appeal of this genuinely awful film.
Rarely has one film packed in so many cartoonish stereotypes in such close succession: middle-aged man abused by younger boss; wimp husband bested by high-voltage wife; wimp father day-dreams about teenaged nymph; teen nymph floats through Goth-like destructo relationship with weird neighbor; weird neighbor abused by excessive-force military father; military father harbors homosexual secret.
What did this film have to say about any of those hyper-predictable characters or ideas that hasn't been said to death, and said far better, in almost any other film context? I would argue, "nothing." I wish I had my $8 back.