overrated crap

Rating: 6/10 (22 September 2003)

I can't believe that amount of accolades given towards this movie. A movie about pedophilia, drug use and homophobia makes me question the sanity of anyone who might think that this movie is what best exemplifies America and the struggles within it.
Spacey delivers a wonderful performance while Benning gives a very overdone one. Most of the acting was very good, but the plot was so convoluted and based on a series of misunderstandings (Come on! How could the weird neighbor's father think that his son was gay based on a bad viewing angle from his window?) that it just detracted from the movie while I felt like I was yelling at the characters in the movie for all the stupid things they were doing and dangerous situations they were involving themselves in.
Most of American society is not this screwed up. Perhaps the main theme here was that characters in the worst situations can still find beauty in their lives, but if that involves a drug dealer falling in love with a flying plastic bag, then count me out of this idiotic mantra.