what film did they see?

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 1999)

Just one question - what film did the people who rated this so highly see? This was without a doubt the worst waste of my moviegoing time and money in a long time. After all the hype, after all the so-called suspense, it ultimately falls flat, much like an unfulfilling sexual encounter. The pacing is slow enough to be almost non-existent, we see nothing new from the actors, and The Director's cold,sterile approach to humanity finally wears so thin that you can see right through it. The lighting scheme is right out of Dick Tracy with its obsessive primary colors, and the irrelevant blind alleys in the plot make Twin Peaks seem coherent. Even the minimalist soundtrack offers no escape from the mundaneness. As for the ironic title, it's unintentionally appropriate, in an "Emperor's New Clothes" kind of way.