Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (20 September 2006)

I'd heard a lot of good things about this movie, so I was disappointed when I saw it.
The various plot strands revolve around embarrassingly stereotypical characters that were painful to watch. The "surprises" in the stories were also all pretty obvious and hence unsurprising.
It reminded me of Traffic in that way. It feels like it is trying to make a social comment, but it's been said before. Okay it's got some nice photography, but it doesn't outweigh the poor characters and story lines.
I can't understand why everyone has been raving about this movie?