Couldn't stop watching.

Rating: Null/10 (8 October 2004)

This was remarkably the best movie I've seen in a long time. The first time I saw it I was totally involved with everything. The acting chops for Jake Gyllenhaal were right on for this performance. He has that "I'm a misunderstood-brooding teen on the verge of killing everyone" thing going for him. This was also the best movie for Jena Malone since "Cheaters". Drew Barrymore, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze add to this movies character in itself. (And who can argue with Swayze as a kiddie-porn king)?
But, for me and most the people I talk to, you have to see it a couple of times for it all to sink in and make some sense. But it takes nothing away from the movie at all. The parents acting, though good enough, could have been better. But dinner time was never more fun-"How exactly does one suck a f**k?" P.S.--Frank is now my new hero.
Twisted plot, above-par acting, well-rounded cast and good direction makes me give this movie and well deserved 9/10.