deep doo doo

Rating: 4/10 (8 August 2002)

Like, spoiler, dude, like you havent seen it...
The deepest metaphysical question this movie seemed to be asking is whether God is an empty garbage bag or an empty shopping bag floating in a silent suburban updraft. Come to think of it, that's a pretty good question, in a vapid split-level quest for meaning, but not enough to raise it above all those other postmodern predeath quasi-comedies. It was certainly palatable to the masses, who reacted to its wildly contrived ending and the truth of the disembodied narration in much the same way as that other metaphysical mass market marvel, The Sixth Sense. Well, if the kids and the Academy loved it, who am I to put it down?