Make It Stop!

Rating: 2/10 (19 April 2003)

I have only ever fastforwarded through three movies in my lifetime. This is one of them. The plot is interesting enough, but the pacing is so slow. There are far too many dramatic pauses, and let's face it, no one in the world speaks as slow as Nicole Kidman does in this movie. Speaking of good ol Nicole, I am amazed that the Academy was able to forgive her enough after this film to give her an Oscar. She is absolutely terrible in this film except when she is not speaking. Which, since she makes so many pauses, is quite a bit of the time. Cruise is ok, nothing spectacular. Here's my suggestion to those of you who haven't seen it: 1. Don't spend your money on renting or buying it. 2. If you can get it for free, go for it. But 3. Fastforward to the part where Nicole and Tom are smoking pot. Stop and watch. Fast forward to the part where Tom meets his old med school buddy. Stop and watch. Fast forward to the part where he arrives at the orgy palace. Stop and watch. Fast forward to the point where Tom meets up with Ziegler. Stop and watch. Turn off the movie. Believe me, you won't be missing anything.