Overhyped drivel, anyone?

Rating: 1/10 (17 May 1999)

I could not express to you in 1,000 words or less all of the ways that I believe this crap to be the worst movie I have ever seen. I will, however, give you a simple overview.
A)Don't just stick to the one plot line, get a plotline, and while you're at it, get a convincing plotline that has some social significance. The only plot that matters at all is the one at the end when the family is desperate and takes to smuggling. That should have been where the story started, and ended.
B)Because of all of the plotlines, some not only made no sense but had no significance, even if they framed the story, like Triscuit and his bear. Dime-store spiritualism: no thank you.
C)Characters didn't play off each other well, or maybe it was the acting, or maybe it was both. Either way they were too irritating to tell the difference.
D)It got an academy award nomination...in anything! Then again, maybe the academy deserves drivel like this...
I could go on, but that's more than enough ranting. To its credit, at least it elicited such a harsh response from me! Not even a terrible movie like _Congo_ could do that. Have a good day renting something, but make sure it isn't "L o' the Fault." I wouldn't even advise watching it if someone else rented it and there was nothing else to do. Go find a nose to pick over watching this movie.