Waste of time

Rating: 1/10 (16 October 2012)

It's been 8 years since this came out, but I finally watched it on Netflix. I remember it being the talk of my friends when it did come out. I felt like it was a total waste of time. The script was just crap, jumping from one character's story to the next. I heard that it does that and the movie ties it all together. Aside from the cop and the wife of the Mormon guy, there was really no "ohmahgosh I see how these lives are intertwined" moments. It was so poorly executed contrary to all the hype and hubbub. And as far as the casting... for the era the movie came out, names like Cheedle, Bullock, Fraiser, etc etc... their parts were minimal. Brendan Fraiser's character had like 2 scenes; Bullock, 2 lines. Felt like they were brought on board for just their endorsement of such a stinkfest of writing and acting by the B-listers who played the protagonist. If you haven't seen this overly-grotesque display of reverse-racism... don't waste your time.