Despite the hope that it would turn out to be interesting,

Rating: 1/10 (27 December 2004)

it wasn't. Had I applied what I call the "15 minute rule" (that is, if it's not interesting in the 1st fifteen minutes, it won't be interesting, no matter how long the movie)...even three hours. That said, if you want to be totally convinced that Brad Pitt is popular solely for his looks and not his acting, this is could be your primary evidence. The concept of the movie appeared to be interesting on the onset, and I'm still not sure why I watched the movie in its entirety. (I guess being sick and not wanting to move had a large influence) I believed that it just might turn out to be interesting. I still don't understand why such a wonderful actor such as Anthony Hopkins didn't put the script straight into the shredder. Anthony- BE MORE PICKY!!! I'm not sure if this constitutes a spoiler, so I'm checking it anyway.