...why?

Rating: 1/10 (29 February 2004)

I really don't see why this movie was ever created, let alone why it is critically acclaimed.
It's certainly not plot driven, and I find it hard to believe even its supporters could claim that it is. Nothing happens that is of any interest, not on a gutteral level, and not on a human level.
It's not character driven...the characters are not developed in any meaningful way, nor are they even remotely sympathetic. In fact, within 15 minutes, I hated all the characters and was hoping bad things would happen to them. Of course, nothing happened, good or bad, so I had to settle for satisfaction when they went back to their melancholy lives.
It's not funny. It's not smart. It seems like it tries to be intellectual, but I certainly couldn't begin to guess what aspect of this movie one could spend more than 5 minutes contemplating. The most self-indulgent film I've seen in years. 1/10 - no entertainment value, no intellectual value, no artistic value, so why should it get anything else.