if you're an epileptic: don't see this movie, if you're not: don't either

Rating: 4/10 (18 October 2004)

I really didn't like this movie. Especially the music video, quick, flashy editing style annoyed the hell out of me. On top of that the runtime of 146 min was about an hour too long. The script was slow, messy and came across as very fictitious, although it was based on a true story. On the positive side, the little girl Dakota Fanning was a wonder to look at. She gave light to every scene she was in. At times though she came across as a little bit too mature for her age, what was caused by the bad dialog provided to her. I'm not big Denzel fan, his Training Day performance was overrated, as was the entire movie, but he was OK in this one. All in all I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone, especially not you epileptics out there. 4/10.