Truly awful

Rating: 1/10 (1 March 2012)

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. This film is in the IMDb top 250? How on earth did that happen?
I wont even dignify a breakdown of the story. All you need to know is that the main character dies. From his own stupidity. From his own stubourness. And I felt absolutely nothing for him. Worse than that, I was happy that the arrogant, selfish little prick got exactly what he deserved. Inside I laughed a little and I am sure that is not what the director was going for.
He put his family through hell for nothing other than selfishness. There is an attempt to blame this/justify it on his parents behaviour - hey Sherlock, parents are not perfect. And yours seemed pretty good, they provided for you, gave you a good home and brought you up to the extent that you had the whole world in the palm of your hand. But you threw it away because you were a grade A douche.
What makes me really angry and confused is that this piece of crap is so unlikeable and the choices he made so stupid but Penn has crafted a film that would have you believe he is a hero. There is no objectivity in this at all - he was a brave young soul for doing what he did. Honest, please believe me.
I could continue spitting vitriol but there are plenty of other reviews that do that so much better. All I will say is that if you are ever inclined to watch this pile of trash run away very, very quickly.