Yikes! And I thought the Titanic was a disaster!

Rating: 2/10 (15 October 2008)

I am not quite sure where to begin. Was is the lack of original score? The lack of original dialog? The miscasting of most of the supporting cast? The really bad editing? The horrific "story"? Lets start with the score. I am not sure how they got permission to ruin so many good songs by including them in this movie. At least there could have been some effort to slip in some original lines in some of these songs. But why be original, that might require some thought or effort.
And the dialog is a string of many good lines (and some bad ones) from a wide collection of songs, movies, poems, and bumper stickers. If I was the writer, I would have used a pen name, because nobody would have given me work after this.
I like John Leguizamo, but what the heck? And what was with casting people who cannot sing in a musical? Were all the talented people doing something else? Or maybe they just read the script first. I didn't know that Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor needed work this bad.
Maybe the editing wasn't really that bad. Perhaps the editor just needed to cover up the really bad script, the inconsistent cinematography, and the sheer lack of talent involved in the production of this film. If the editor of this film didn't drink before, I am sure he does now.
And what is the point of the story? That no matter how hard you try for true love, everything will end horribly. I know, maybe the point was to see exactly what the audience would tolerate before burning down the theater.
I am still a little speechless after seeing this. Stupid film class.