Unbelievably Awful

Rating: 1/10 (10 September 2007)

I find it hard to understand how people enjoyed this movie. There is nothing remotely entertaining about it.
The characters are all weak and hugely stereotypical. The family unit that exists throughout the film is so dysfunctional as to be unbelievable, mainly due to the father character who was such a loser that no wife or family would remain with him. The son who takes a vow of silence for 9 months (kids that age would never have the ability to pull that off). The grandfather is the only remotely funny character but he is so argumentative that he would not have been allowed to stay (he was thrown out of a home, but they would have found him another by then).
The major problem that I had with this film is the ending. The whole film leads up to a moment, which was far too long in coming and as a consequence I really didn't care when it arrived, but when it did I was sickened and disgusted. To think that kids that young are paraded around like that made me feel physically sick. Then the dance at the end. Even the fact that it was supposed to be humorous. I found it gut-wrenching even to watch it.
Overall 1 out of 10. I would recommend everyone watching this however because the rating of this film need to be lowered. Too many artistic film lovers around these days.