Overall worth a watch, but somewhat jarring

Rating: Null/10 (17 September 2002)

Ok, it's a good movie. The acting varies from passable to excellent, and Spacey play's his disinterested slacker bit to a T.
But overall I just don't get it. The movie starts as a collection of subplots and character snapshots as the camera follows the players around on a typical day. I quite liked this portion. And then suddenly most of the characters and plots are removed and the movie is now "about" a single crime. Then just as suddenly it's an action movie with a big shootout.
I don't know, it's as if they couldn't decide what sort of movie they were trying to make and kept changing their mind as they went on. Worth a watch by all means, but best movie of the decade? Pshaw.