Being Bored

Rating: 6/10 (8 March 2003)

Hmm, what can I say about this one... I really wonder why this movie rates so high. Sure, the idea is very intriguing, and original, but they could have done so much more with it. The puppeteer was a great character, but there should have been more intriguing characters around him. The two women weren't that at all, and their acting was also quite poor. The story could have been built up much more interesting. For starters, the whole idea of being able to enter someone's mind, which the puppeteer finds out at some point, should not have been given away so easily and quickly to others. He tells it too soon, and the women believe it and find it out too soon. And the whole reaction is too calm. What would YOU think if you'd hear you could actually go inside someone's brain. Their reaction was more like "Oh, aha, well, I see. Okay then..." This movie cannot receive a high rating just because of an intriguing concept. It must also be worked out well. Which is not the case here, because most parts of the movie are, well, quite boring, actually.
Rating from the Dutch judge: 6 (out of 10).