huh, i liked it, who would've thought..

Rating: 6/10 (13 July 2000)

as often seems to be the case i expected annoying. as less often seems to be the case it was not.. although it did take me about half the film to get into it. i was irritated that men are so god damn stupid. so that made it hard to like the main character. he was an ass and he was stupid. but it was nice to see a kind of gradual growth of the character - and i think it was pretty subtle. i mean this film is not deep, but by the end of the film i did like him and he had changed. everyone in the film was good. john and joan are ALWAYS good. jack black was very good. and i really like iben hjejle. my major beef was that she was so far down the list in the end credits. hello? what was that about?? she was half the film and ends up AFTER sarah gilbert who had, what 3 lines, and a minute of screen time? anyway. i did not read the book. i hear it is great. the film wasn't bad. way better than i expected. worth seeing when you are in the right mood. of course that is always the challenge.