Don't fall for the hype.

Rating: 3/10 (26 November 2004)

I decided to see this movie some weeks ago, after having read many positive reviews on it, and in the end I was terribly disappointed. While its not a really bad movie, is has some nice touches, the whole just seem to be too incoherent, just like the director didn't know in what style he should make this film, and tried to do some kind of mixture; a mixture that fails on most levels (for me, at last).
The most annoying for me was the forced 80's setting. I mean, apart from the clothes, it had a whole lot of crappy 80's music... 80's pop music sucked big time, and I see no real purpose to why fill a serious film with this kind of music... So if you're annoyed by 80's music, just like me, then avoid this movie, 'case it will drive you to madness.
I won't say much about the story, it's not very challenging, it's rather easy to follow if you can use your brain a little bit. I had a feeling that they tried to make it seem complex by adding themes like "time travel", "end of the world" to the mixture, but again it felt forced and some of these things just sounded ridiculous.
The acting wasn't that bad, except for the lead role... This guy could be the actual "teen idol", but it is so obvious that his acting skills are not nearly complete. He just stares and tries to make *confused* faces all over the movie, he was really bad.
Since the movie is dealing with teenage problems in much sreentime, I think only teenagers can resonate with it totally, and they are the ones who's trying to make this flick into a cult movie... If you're making a compassion with David Lynch's movies, well, Lynch's work is much more exciting for adults... Teenagers can settle for less, what Donnie Darko is.