Who else is confused...?

Rating: Null/10 (11 March 2004)

Great movie, great script, great acting, great directing, where's the plot? And how about an explanation for what just happened? There was a lot of blood. For what? I guess I was lost. Someone told me that it was a psychological thriller, and more to the point, just a movie, and so you can't truly get it....but tell me! Seriously, the movie had me all excited to finally figure out what the purpose for all the killing and clues, for what? I guess I'm just venting, because they led me up for something I thought would be a great ending, and it turned out I got jipped. I'm so glad I didn't go pay to see this, although in all honesty I liked the movie a lot, it was just that the last fifteen minutes made me really angry.
John Cusack and Ray Liota are so good in this movie I want to scream. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but they really were very good. I was extremely impressed with Amanda Peet as well. She always seemed like a bit of a light weight to me in most of her roles, but she did a really good job in this one (except that her accent tended to fade in and out at times. Where was she supposed to be from again? Florida, living in Nevada with a Tennessee accent?).
And finally, Clea DuVall. She is such an underrated actress, I can't believe how few widely known films she's actually done. You may remember her from The Faculty, with Josh Hartnett and Elijah Wood. One of her bigger roles. Or how about the stuck up teen painter from She's All That, that tries to convince Cook's character to kill herself? She was also in The Astronaut's Wife, she played Charlize Theron's sister. She's been doing these small roles for a while now, and you can really see her raw talent in this movie. I love her! She should do so many more movies, and I think she was one of the best actresses/actors in this film. She really helped make it work. Without her (granted it still probably would have been a good movie, but) it wouldn't have been the same.
I give this movie, 10 being the highest a 7.5. Just 'cause it p***ed me off that they didn't do as good a job explaining the ending as they should have. I hate it when they do that. But, it was a good story overall and a really good watch. There's some blood, a head here and there, and more than one car accident (I.E. people get killed in this movie beware.), so if you don't like those kinds of films, and because you see John Cusack on the cover and think "America's Sweethearts", think again...it 'aint the sequel to that. And Michael Douglas' sweetheart 'aint in this one either.
And that's my review.