What a disappointment.

Rating: 5/10 (8 July 2000)

I'd heard a lot about this movie. This is the most overrated movie of the last 10 years. Vile, boring characters, unbearable distance, intellectual pretense. Yes, there are funny sequences; yes, occasionally an interesting idea surfaces, only to be sabotaged by the screenplay's heavy-handedness and political correctness. The acting is good, the direction stylish but full of gimmicks. The writing is absolute trash. 5 out of 10 (nowhere near what I expected).