Can someone please explain to me...

Rating: 4/10 (22 September 2007)

why there is so much hoopla over this movie? I finally got the chance to sit and watch this movie without the company of my homophobic husband. I had long anticipated watching this film so much of Hollywood has raved over. I was expecting to see a cinema masterpiece, one in which I would look forward to watching over and over. Instead I am left dumbfounded, trying desperately to comprehend just what it is everyone in Hollywood was up in arms over. It must have gone way over my head. Can someone explain this movie to me? Please? What am I missing about this film that makes it so wonderful and deserving of all the nominations it received at the Academy Awards?