How has Linklater hoodwinked so many?

Rating: 2/10 (3 July 2005)

This movie is OK until you remember the only two characters are totally annoying. The acting and minimal circumstances in the film are so real until you remember that those things don't necessarily make a movie good. We know there's a point the movie is trying to make, no MATTER how hard it tries to deceive you, until you remember that there isn't a point. Ah, fantastic cinema! I know, I think...it must be art! "but that's not the point, man." Oh yes, clever indeed. Linklater, Hawke and Delpy could have pulled this off if they didn't take it so darn SERIOUSLY! BTW - I didn't see the first film or even know about it until afterwards. My viewing results may therefore be contaminated.