Stop whining!!

Rating: Null/10 (5 May 2002)

2 Things:
1.) This film is flawed. It has some amazingly powerful, visceral and affecting scenes (I bought the DVD for the opening scene alone), and deserves a point or two for originality. It also has some plot lulls coupled with a few operatic climaxes too many, and a last half an hour that all but falls apart under the weight of sensory overload and choppy editing. Gary Oldman's performance is memorable; so strange and original, emotional. Some would say it approaches high camp, but that is a matter of personal taste. The rest of the cast (save Tom Waits)is unremarkable.
2.)To the other people that have reviewed this film: it seems as though your bitterness and disappointment with regard to this film has blinded your writing style. If you have something to write, explain yourself thouroughly and succinctly instead of reverting to bickering and whining, some of your reviews are more painful to read than watching a bad film.