please - DON'T get carried away in the hype!

Rating: 2/10 (22 November 1998)

Oh please. What was the hype with this movie? It was yet more formulaic, contrived, saccharine, vacuous tripe.
Many comments seem to refer to how 'moving' it was - a reference to the film's overly effusive pouting. What ever happened to subtlety?
And why go for such 'authentic' language in such an unrealistic film which never gains any credibility outside something being shot in a Hollywood studio?
And this features so highly on the top 250 list??? Ye gods, watch some films which manage to genuinely convey some emotions a little closer to the world we live in.