Plain hype... and nothing else

Rating: 1/10 (11 September 2008)

I remember when this movie first came out in theaters, it was hailed by critics and ordinary movie goers as one of the best films of the year and many other heaps of praises. It was even nominated for best picture but luckily, and rightfully, did not win the award.
First of all it is apparent that this movie has no staying power. Watch it and 2 months later you'll forget almost all its details, and maybe vaguely remember it involves some pregnancy and some adoption plans. Truth is, there's nothing in the plot to intrigue us on the long term. There are no surprising twists towards the end of story, no groundbreaking developments, no intense verbal scenes and at best a few clever lines. If this movie is developed as a 5 episode drama I'm sure it will be much better, for the story simply does not merit a hour and half screen time. In other words, the plot is so empty that another director would be able to cut this into a 10 minutes short film.
This film basically exemplifies the fallacy of universal taste. Just because a few critics praised it at the very beginning crowds soon follow this judgment and claim that it is a great film with a realistic story plot, but truth is everybody's blinded from trusting their own taste. If we were to move away from the seemingly objective initial view that this movie rocks, we'll soon see that it is in fact opposite from good. The plot is totally unrealistic - a girl with that sort of intelligence goes through pregnancy and all the related troubles is simply not believable, or at all "realistic". The difference between being realistic and being plain boring is non-distinct, and perhaps this film, at least for my part, belongs to the latter.
A 1 out of 10 for me