Another fine example of high ratings for a poor film...

Rating: 3/10 (21 April 2000)

Without spoiling the "meaning" of the film for those who have not seen it, I'll sum it up in one sound - zzzzzzzzzzzzz........
Very seldom will I regret having even sat through an entire film. If it weren't for the other five with me, I'd have walked out. When we stood up at the end (we couldn't even sit through the credits), one of our crowd said, "I'd like to apologize now for picking this film."
Now, before someone out there finds a way to relay to me that I'm an idiot, I'll say now that I am INTO horror, INTO dry humor, INTO strange and "out of the norm" plots and dialogue. I work around those in film making, have read many screenplays and watched many movies you wouldn't put your wicked stepmother to sleep with. And yet, I can't find one reason to rate this higher than a 3.
While the acting WAS good, I got one laugh, and a lot of glances at my watch. It was the first time I got up in the middle of a film to get popcorn just for something, anything else, to do.
I'm not alone. Of the five others with me, one makes a living working in film and another is working his way into film. None of us thought the money was well spent, and wound up going home to watch The Sixth Sense on DVD.
Last week I finally watched Eyes Wide Shut (another total nightmare that I had to force myself to sit through). If I had the choice, I'd sit through that again to avoid any further flashbacks about American Psycho.