this one got past me

Rating: 5/10 (17 February 2004)

Quite by coincidence, I watched this film back-to-back with "Harvey." "Donnie Darko" was definitely the inferior giant rabbit movie.
Every once in a while, a movie aimed at teenagers comes along that just completely zings past me. And when I run to catch up with it, I find that it wasn't worth the effort. This is that kind of movie. I simply found the pacing too slow, and the message too obscure, to become really involved. Most of the pleasure I got out of this movie was in seeing good actors who have been out of circulation for a while.
I'm not saying that this was terrible by any means - it's got a good atmosphere and a good build-up, but it poofs out at the end - rather like a big, clunky, plummeting, malfunctioning jet engine.