depressing and stupid and certainly no comedy

Rating: 1/10 (27 May 2000)

Best film of '99? No way. I have always suspected that the Academy awards were a popularity contest. I am obviously in the minority with respect to my comments about this film. The only good acting jobs in this movie were by Wes Bently and Cris Cooper. Spacey and Bening were adequate at best. Kevin Spacey is no Paul Newman. The two young ladies, Thora Birch and Mena Suvari appeal to the male crowd only because they expose their boobs. (with todays special effects I'm not even sure that what we saw were really theirs) Those who praise this film point out that it is so realistic. So what. Who wants to go to the movies to be reminded that adults beat up their children, husbands and wives have violent confrontations, children hate their parents, and middle age men lust after high school girls. We need more"unrealism". For comic entertainment pick up some copies of the Marx Brothers on the Stooges.. Even the stupid Austin Powers movies are better that this.