one reason and one reason only...

Rating: Null/10 (1 June 2003)

I can honestly think of only one reason to watch this movie that I have just suffered through: John Goodman. I found John Goodman's performance affective and moving, however, his role generally had little effect on the rest of the picture. Beyond Goodman's moments we are left to drudge through a female-lead rehash of "Cocktail", which was one of the worst movies of the last twenty years, so that's not a good thing. Viewers beware: bartenders don't make interesting lead characters. Then there's a fair amount of "Flashdance" tossed in there, except instead of an aspiring dancer, we have aspiring songwriter. There's also the fact that this was such a tame movie that was trying to be sexy and scandalous and according to the DVD, it was also trying to be a comedy. Where did I miss that? The only thing funny about it was the overacting and the possible Kevin Smith inclusion (uncredited writer on this) of the "special edition" comic book, which was cute but quite out of place. What a mess!