Highly Overrated

Rating: 1/10 (12 June 2002)

I saw this film when it came out, as it was being recommended by everyone I knew. I found the "romance" to be forced and contained little to no chemistry. It was nothing more than a poorly constructed and thinly veiled "who-done-it." I knew "who done it" half way through the film and there was really nothing left to watch after that. I won't even get into my opinion that it wasn't particularly well acted. That this film made it to the top 20 of the American Film Institutes 100 Great Love Stories is a sad commentary on our culture.
For a truly passionate romance that contains some of the same elements without the muddling influence of a murder mystery, see "Truly, Madly, Deeply," which came out around the same time. Among other things, the acting is magnificent.