Please stop comparing to good films

Rating: 10/10 (31 December 2004)

This film is NOT comparable to films such as "The Graduate" and "Fight Club." Characters were quirky and strange just for the sake of adding some interest to a weak plot. Weird for the sake of weirdness. What can you say about a film that highlights humping and masturbating dogs and a dead hamster (yep, you guessed it, a painfully protracted & dumb burial scene). I guess it says this film has the intellect and maturity of a cognitively challenged 15 year old.
The film's only two Black characters were shameful. Titembay was as insignificant as the "adopted" brother from Africa. He seemed like another one of the pets in the shabby, pet-crowded house. The other character played by a Black actor was hotel staff (in ludricrous uniform) who bought an illegal substance (no stereotype here!) from the grave digger character. This entire scene was bad news. This unfortunate actor's main lines were: "Did you see the titties? Raise your hand if you saw the titties." Ugh.
Andrew, the main character is played by the writer and director for this film, Zach Braff. Mistake! Another mistake was the zombie portrayal of the psychiatrist father by Ian Holm. What a dismal experience to see an actor of his talent in this type of role in this type of film.
What saves this film from being a complete waste of time was the sound track (yet, in reality, you'd be better off just listening to the CD on your own) and the cinematography.