Children of the Mendacious

Rating: 1/10 (14 May 2007)

I hate to rain on the parade of folks singing the praises of this movie but, here I go. I wasted two hours of my life watching it on home pay-for-view. And I'm compounding that error by taking a few more minutes of my time to write up this review. But I feel I owe it to film watchers everywhere to voice this opinion. I'm just glad I only paid $3.99 and not the price of a movie ticket or a DVD. After reading all the glorious reviews about this film I was utterly amazed at what I was seeing. I wanted to like this movie but, both my wife and I came to the same independent conclusion that this is the worst film we've ever seen. Let me recount some of the reasons for this conclusion. First,the acting was pedestrian. Second, the film had no character development. Third, the music was so out of step with anything that it defies description. Fourth, the attempt to use guttural English made much of the dialogue difficult to understand. Fifth, there was no plot development beyond a rambling incoherent odyssey from one improbable scene to the next. For Michael Cain's sake I hope his bad imitation of a John Lennon hippie type isn't the inglorious end to an otherwise decent acting career. Folks, please save your money and your time, don't waste either on this "schlock".