Search for male ego derails

Rating: 6/10 (4 February 2000)

What a disappointment. Strong performances by Norton, Pitt and Bonham-Carter could not save a flawed plot. The twist in the tail was not as calculated and cunning as the one in "Sixth Sense" and leaves countless answers begging. It's hard to believe that even the most perturbed and lost of men would want to follow a man that beats himself up in a parking lot and supposedly talks to his alter-ego frequently. What could have been poignant commentary on male angst in an ever increasing female dominated society is negated in the movie's final scenes. Men might feel emasculated and angry, but so much to want to return to a more primitive state of society? I doubt it.