painful to watch

Rating: 2/10 (31 January 2010)

This movie was almost unbearable. Jake Gyllenhaal's performance was pathetic. I don't know if the director made him make those weird faces throughout the movie but at times I just wanted to slap Gyllenhaal. Drew Barrymore playing a teacher when she is unable to string together a coherent sentence just seemed phony and forced. The movie tries too hard to be creative but ends up feeling sloppy and emo. I had to force myself to watch the entire film. I don't understand how people like this emo film and Gyllenhaal's boring performance. The soundtrack is sloppy, the editing is sloppy, the movie is a mess. I have lost faith in IMDb reviewers because I'd rather watch a predictable Michael Bay Film rather than an emo Jake Gyllenhall making weird faces in this garbage plot.