two different halves of a movie

Rating: 6/10 (3 March 1999)

Overall this movie is pretty good. But its main downfall is that it's just over-directed. Too many cutting shots, changing of (point-of) views that are unnecessary. Some of them seem like they're just there for showing off (see the carrot under water shot). In addition to this, the first and second halves of this movie are almost completely different. The first half had some really bad acting and was extremely boring. I found myself almost dozing off a couple of times. The second half, though, completely rocks. It's funny and just has a great script. I really enjoyed the last 45 minutes-1 hour. Because the writing and acting got so much better, the over-directing wasn't noticed as much. Thanks to this I came out of the theater having a good impression of this film. 6 stars