Pre-medication with Prozac recommended.

Rating: 7/10 (23 March 2005)

What a depressing movie! This is like "Clueless" with everybody ten years older and STILL without a hint. The question it seems to pose is, "What kind of meaning in life can people find when they have no values and don't believe in anything at all?" All the characters in this film, and that includes those of the parental generation, either never acquired the sense of purpose that leads individuals to make plans, take risks and engage in long-term life projects, or abandoned it long ago. So all they're left with as a motivator is sexual attraction, and even then they need drugs or alcohol to get them going. That places them on a moral and aesthetic level that is certainly sub-primate. What's going to happen when the lust fades? Fortunately the movie doesn't continue that far, else I expect we'd be even more depressed.