another dog from charlie kaufman

Rating: 3/10 (11 January 2005)

This movie is just another example of "artsy", confused with clever. Most people go to the movies for one reason, and one reason only, to be entertained. I can think of not one scene in this confusing mish=mash of a film that was entertaining. Instead of entertaining, in fact it was a strain to watch. Granted, it is well made, but that doesn't make up for the fact that the filmmaker should give the audience someone to care about in their story. While Carrey and Winslet are good in their roles, we just don't care what happens to them. I had a very similar reaction to the last Kaufman film that I endured(barely), "Being John Malkovich" I'm almost to the point of doing the opposite of what the critics recommend, in light of the fact that this garbage was almost universally acclaimed. What is amazing is that this film scores so highly by the IMDb members. I haven't spoken to anyone who remotely enjoyed "spotless"