Over rated

Rating: 4/10 (11 January 2006)

It seems I expected too much of this movie. I've read a couple of reviews and thought I really needed to see it. So I did.
Disappointing... The story is very... Well, actually I couldn't find a clear one. It's more like a random collection of events. Some of them make sense, some of them don't. It's assumed this is Jake Gyllenhaal's break through. Hard to believe, I don't think his acting is _that_ good. His face keeps the same expression the whole movie. I know he can do better. The first time I saw him was in The Day After Tomorrow. Fairly good performance. So maybe he kind of evolved after Donnie Darko.
There aren't any visual outstanding scenes in the movie. Combined with the lack of a decent story and the no-more-than-average acting it's a 6 at the most.