Hypocritical moviemaking for hypocritical moviegoers

Rating: 1/10 (5 July 2000)

As nonsensical as The Game. As hollow as American Beauty. A loud, flashy, messy, bore that had me watching the clock in anticipation of when this movie would end, and so end my misery.
This and American Beauty are among the biggest copouts in movie history. Cynical Hollywood manipulations that make fools of their fans.
Within the theatre walls, we vent vicariously with the main characters about the evils of consumerism, then what do we do after the credits roll? Eight dollars poorer, having enriched and empowered the Entertainment System, we go back to the very lives these movies condemn.
Now we can even browse through the IKEA catalog without guilt, because in spirit we have joined the Fight Club.
Is living the lie okay just because you admit it? More hypocritical moviemaking for hypocritical moviegoers--yet another turn of the money-go-round.