Interesting film, but what is up with.....

Rating: Null/10 (3 July 2002)

I just saw this film and I'm not sure what to think--I'll need some time and reflection. A couple things I am sure of though, the film felt very much like a David Lynch project, and Jake Gyllenhaal did a great job (am I the only one who thinks he looks like Tobey Maguire?) Many of the reviewers who liked this film mention how good the acting was and include Drew Barrymore in their accolades. Barrymore was awful in this film! I have nothing against her personally and I have never noticed anything negative about her in other films, but her acting here was bad. She delivered her lines with no feeling, like she was reading them in a monotone. It was so horrible I started to suspect that this was deliberate to somehow make a point or add something to the overall feeling of the film. But now I think it was just bad acting on her part.