so bad, I registered w/ IMDB to gripe about it

Rating: 4/10 (17 December 2000)

Like most folks here, I watch a lot of movies. Even if a movie doesn't knock my socks off, I can usually find one or two lines or scenes good enough to justify time and money "invested".
This movie was the second time in a looooong time that I genuinely wish I had not bothered AT ALL. (I won't tell you the other one, I am afraid to speak its name aloud).
I have a profound respect for Anthony Hopkins and generally enjoy Brad Pitt very much (his characterizations in Fight Club and 12 monkeys were amazing, in my view). And I am glad to find Jeffery Tambor still working.
NOBODY could save this movie. Watching it was like picking a piece of canned pineapple out of one's braces in a boring 6th grade lesson on an overcast day. For three hours. Watching it was like listening to a favourite record whilst someone randomly slowed down the playback with their finger, *just enough* to get under your skin and drive you nutty. And as for the "Claire Forlani / Brad Pitt Limpid Eyed Gazing 'Fest '98", I mean, sheesh, nuff said.
Go clean the grout on your bathroom walls with a toothbrush, it will be time better spent. Trust me.