Pretentious pseudo-intellectual drivel

Rating: 1/10 (29 March 2004)

ESSM will be a darling of the pseudo-intellectuals who will tell you that simply don't have the mental capacity to understands the discrete levels of plot and nuance. It's a BAD movie full of people you don't like and don't care about.
Mr. Carrey's character seems to be seriously over-medicated (Paxil, Thorazine, etc.), he has no personality! (Nicholas Cage must have turned the part down.) The false timeline (the beginning of the film is really the end of the film)is a poor story devise. The inconsistencies show up quickly, but aren't explained until the end of the movie.
Finally, although the science is very sketchy, the memory-erasing technology is the ultimate form of deus ex machina. I only wish I could erase the memory of this total waste of my time.