Not a good movie (possible spoilers)

Rating: 5/10 (24 September 2001)

The movie just doesn't make you feel anything but bored. Johnny Depp is in just about every scene and the large majority of his lines are spoken in monotone (This isn't Gilbert Grape).
Other drug dealer movies are successful because we root for the main character to overcome his obstacles even for immoral goals. In this movie, success seems to just fall into his lap by a combination of good luck and stupid risks. When there are conflicts (getting arrested three times, his drug dealer buddies cheating him, his other drug dealer buddies selling him out to the cops, his wife and family turning him over to the cops), he just accepts it. He doesn't do anything. He only raises his voice three or four times in the whole movie. I kept waiting for the drug war, but it became clear that wasn't going to happen. This may be the only drug dealer movie where the main character never kills anyone and never even punches anyone. What a pathetic criminal! I've seen insurance salesman compete more fiercely to sell their product.
This is for hard core Johnny Depp fans only.