An unhappy movie filled with unhappy people

Rating: 1/10 (19 March 2005)

In my entire life, I have only walked out of two movies... and this was the second.
As my wife and I sat through the email sequence between Dan and the Doctor, I felt dirty. I am no prude but it just felt like peeping into someone's bathroom while they had one off.
This was seconded by the conversation in the kitchen with Anna and the doc... after the secrets are out. Nothing could have made me want to watch these unhappy people destroy themselves and their worlds.
Yes, this is a hard movie to watch. And I am no prude... but I can think of lots better ways to spend a Saturday afternoon at the movies with my wife... and they don't involve Sponge Bob. I am a Mike Nichols fan but this movie joins "Ordinary People" as just too hard to watch. Maybe it hits too close to home (I have been "there" before in some of the same break-up situations) and I just didn't want to see the pain. Not all movies are going to be nice but this one was too mean and hard... it just didn't sit well. I felt so dirty after watching it,I went home and took a shower.
Ihope this will be the last comment I need to make about this sad, sad movie about sad, sad people. And I hope I never have to see it again.