I can't believe anyone likes this movie

Rating: 1/10 (1 March 2008)

This has to be one of the most overrated movies of all time. Everything about is contrived, none of the characters is believable and none of the settings is realistic. It tries to be a satire of American suburbia but all it really exposes is the darkness of the director's soul. Some backup - the wife would never have stayed in the marriage as long as she would, the marine is a typical Hollywood stereotype of a marine, and a company would never have given in so easily to Spacey's blackmail. The bit about the slut being a virgin towards the end is also far from believable. The so-called artistic directing is also a farce. Except for the video of the paper blowing around, the film making is loaded with clichés with predictable rock-n-roll background tunes. The movie's total nihilism caps off this nightmare. For all it's awards, this is one of the worst movies ever made.