Strange but good viewing

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2003)

I rather liked this movie. It seems to have split its jury between those who love it and those who hate it. This is probably down to its weirdness. Getting over the strange plot, it is a thoroughly absorbing and entertaining film.
All the main characters are truly horrible - even the Cameron Diaz "mouse-of-a-wife" character (unusual part for her) is a tough bitch underneath the weak, sugar surface. In fact the chimpanzee was probably the only character I genuinely liked. Which is fine, by the way, because although you don't like the characters, they are quirky and interesting enough that you want to see what happens to them.
Takes a while to warm up - Jane slept through most of the first half hour which made the plot wicked difficult to explain. I recommend seeing it awake the whole way through.