Over-rated!

Rating: 3/10 (5 September 2001)

This film did not deserve its awards and favourable reviews: if ever there was a case of the emperor having no clothes, this is it. It was middle-aged male fantasy - no doubt that's why all the (male) critics loved it. There was the germ of a good movie in it; if they'd cut all the pretentious stuff and instead followed Lester's new career in fast-food catering they could have produced a pretty funny film. Unfortunately, what they did produce was a college boy's idea of what's "deep" - misunderstood drug-dealer, closet homosexuality, the beauty of plastic bags - and the plastic bag wasn't the sole piece of rubbish. I really don't like this movie: the director and scriptwriter should be forced to watch the complete oeuvre of Benny Hill as punishment for inflicting on us that "rolling a joint being mistaken for oral sex" scene. Their Oscars and Golden Globes should be taken away and given to people with better taste - the Farrelly brothers, perhaps.