--it's so spike jonze--

Rating: 10/10 (11 December 1999)

Probably everyone's mentioned this, but this is the kind of movie that could only come out of the "buddy holly" video itself. I don't think I've had this much fun in a long time and that's not a bad thing. This is probably the only entertaining movie I've seen this year that happened to also set it for me and stand out.
Yeah yeah yeah, American Beauty was funny and gorgeously filmed but too easy all at the same time that it felt like "accessible intelligence for the masses" or something. Whereas this movie doesn't require you try to pretend you're seeing some honest portrayal of Americans. You just know it is but would rather say it was the most hilarious film.