fake, forced

Rating: 1/10 (30 November 2005)

i started watching this film with a friend, but after like half an hour we stopped, amazed of how unrealistic this movie was. OK, it's Hollywood, but still, some Hollywood films can be good, like say 'american beauty'. but this movie starts off being possibly the worst you can get out of Hollywood. everything feels staged. all the characters are overreacting. they're all some sort of stereotypes, although you'll never see any such person walking around in real life. it's all so fake. in trying to bring a moral, the things the characters do aren't done because the characters emotionally think they should, but because the filmmakers need to put in another twist in the story or some kind of shocking scene, or they wanna make it super-obvious to the mentally challenged audience what the character feels... that being said, don't expect to see a quality film.
The next day i thought i'd finish the movie, because i was very tired and just wanted to relax on the couch. on top of that, i was still interested in the topic of culture clashes. and surprisingly, i was mildly entertained. when the movie stops trying to pretend it's a serious drama, it's a movie that does have it's moments. it's very much like 'the butterfly effect', extremely laim, but not a TOTAL waste of your time.