Messy Collection of Clichés

Rating: 1/10 (16 October 2004)

What a disappointment this film was for me! I attended the Toronto premiere with the cast and filmmaker and found this film to be filled with the worst kinds of racial stereotypes (pick one,it was there.)The filmmaker is Canadian and the presenter introduced this film by saying that it took a Canadian to see and portray The States as honestly as he did. Now I'm no flag-waver, but we're not all as bad as this film would lead you to believe!
With such a noteworthy cast(Don Cheadle,Brendan Fraser,Sandra Bullock,etc.,) I would have expected more,but there was very little for these actors to work with. Very little character development,trite dialogue. Don Cheadle,of course,is wonderful in everything he does,but this type of story has been done much more effectively-think Magnolia,Short Cuts,without the substance.