Incredibly Manipulative

Rating: 1/10 (7 March 2006)

This was the only best picture winner that I hadn't seen before the award ceremonies. I just finished it a few minutes ago. Good. Lord. The first line from Jennifer Esposito says it all (loosely paraphrased) "one of us in this car has just lost their frame of reference; I'm going to get out to go find it." No one EVER talks like that in real life. People say Paul Haggis is a hack because this movie is manipulative, trite, lacks subtlety, and has no character development. Allow me to drop the bomb that I already new that from Million Dollar Baby. That movie was completely over-rated too folks. Remember the old days when movies like Amadeus and the Godfather won best picture? This year, any one of the other four films would've been a better choice. I can't believe this movie is so high up on IMDb.