Possibly the most over-rated film in recent history

Rating: 3/10 (23 October 2008)

His life sucks, family sucks, society sucks. So...lets just write a story affirming it. Gee thanks. Good acting? Abosulutely. (Thus it gets 3 stars from me) But a film ought to have a point beyond spreading depression. What was I suppose to come away from this movie feeling? "Wow...at least I'm not THAT bad off"? There are plenty of pointless films out there, so no need to bag on this one in particular, but what is pointedly offensive is how "acclaimed" and "revered" this movie was by the critics and industry at large. What gives? You throw great actors at something and it just has to be good? Or was their marketing department just working in overdrive?