American Boring

Rating: Null/10 (26 July 2001)

I dunno how you can call a film really good, when it's about the main character having a midlife crisis, becoming a pothead, and a complete a-hole to his wife and daughter, and constantly fantasizing about a teenage girl. I gave this film a lot of chances to get on my good side. When I rented it, it I watched it 3 times, then 2 more when my parents rented it (shame on me for not warning them about this movie). I just couldn't get it, the characters were not likeable, especially Kevin Spacey's character, and the ending seemed rushed and just odd and out of place. Kevin's character turns out to be such a pervert, and we're supposed to relate to this guy? Annette as his wife, even though at the beginning the seems like a total b*tch, you begin to feel sorry for her because her husband is a pervert, but then she goes and cheats on him, and then she's back to being a b*tch. Thora Birch plays a cliched pseudo-goth, parent hating teen, a role which she doesen't deserve. Her love interest is creepy, and seems like he'd be planning to go postal on his school rather than video record everything. Mena Suvari as the girl Kevin is lusting over is the worst casting ever, I wouldn't lust over her. All of these totally unloveable characters are put into a plot that is just depressing and creepy, and boring none-the-less. The only thing that kept me watching was the fact that Kevin says he is going to die in the first line in the movie, so I stuck around to watch.
WARNING SPOILERS: I think the ending was crap. Sure the dad of the boyfriend acted like guy who was repressing homosexual tedencies, but when he actually came out, it was just wierd and out of place, then to have Kevin killed by him is even more stupid and confusing. And if Kevin had had sex with Mena, I wouldn't even have watched it a second time
In conclusion, this film is depressing, pointless, and feels like it was written by pediphiles, do not let the critics or the oscars fool you, this is one to avoid.