Generic, cliché, and above all...boring

Rating: 1/10 (31 August 2004)

Purposefully philosophical. Unlike other (and better films) from which you draw meaning on your own, this one hits you over the head with it. Too much talking. In fact...all talk. If you were to turn the sound off, I'd have no idea what this film is about. Try In America, the Barbarian Invasions, or The Son's Room...films that communicate through subtle gestures and comments...films that do not rely
solely on words.
Although, for a first film, I can appreciate the amount of work that Zach Braff put into this film. Excellent performances by Natalie Portman and Peter Sarsgaard.