Scirpt seemed to be written by a ten year old.

Rating: 4/10 (29 November 2006)

First, I will admit, the only thing I really enjoyed about this movie was Kevin Spacey's incredible performance. He is the only thing that carries the film.
However, the dialog was completely unbelievable, and had too much of an art-sy feel to it. It was too written and predictable. The plot, I thought had some pretty interesting turns, like the way events and circumstances led Chris Cooper to think his son was gay.
Altogether, I found it unfulfilling, and trying too hard to prove suburbia is something that it really isn't in 80% of America, and a script that was obviously written by someone who hadn't been inside a modern American high school in 30 years.
Best Picture of the year, my a$$. Sixth Sense should've taken this over.