Overrated

Rating: 7/10 (1 February 2005)

Was it really that great? I rented this movie with high expectations based on previously published reviews. Perhaps because I am not a 30-year-old male, Largeman's single expression of wide-eyed amazement did not resonate with me.
A little homework on the writer's part would have turned up the fact that Largeman would have had a severe mental MELTDOWN if he stopped taking his cocktail of mood stabilizers cold turkey. And to take recreational drugs on top of that? I don't buy it.
It was also difficult to sympathize with someone who severed contact with his paralyzed mother for no apparent reason. Laregeman's issue seemed to be attached to his father. Visiting one's paralyzed mother while avoiding contact with one's estranged father does present some interesting logistics, but is hardly an excuse.