Just not that impressed

Rating: 3/10 (10 January 2005)

You look at the cast, and you'd think "how can this film not be good?" Graphic sexual language doesn't shock me all. What bothered me about this film was that everything in the movie was done for shock value. It didn't shock me. It was just a poor attempt at cheap thrills. This film reminded me of "Mystic River," which got a ton of critical acclaim. Largely I feel because of the names cast in the picture. But if you drop in a bunch of unknown actors, it becomes a fringe film that might not even make it to wide release. I think this film is further proof that the names on the marquee are what drive ticket sales, not the quality of the script. The lone bright spot in the film for me was Clive Owen, who is able to play "Larry" as a complete and total mentally diseased person.