Incoherent, embarrassing crap

Rating: 3/10 (30 July 2001)

No spoilers below; no plot to spoil!
If you are the sort of person who can find lasting amusement in butchered 80's songs in a fin de siecle Parisian setting, this movie is for you. I thought I might have been one of those people, but alas, I found myself sinking in my seat in vicarious embarrassment for all who appeared on screen. The movie looks like it might try to have a story, but quickly decides this is too hard. Much easier is to throw up a bunch of spectacle and colors and some good-looking actors (who unfortunately open their mouths eventually). Had I paid more than US$1.50 for my seat, I would have been fuming mad. As it was, I was only a little bit mad for the waste of time and the damage to my faith in humanity. (Comparison: soon thereafter I saw "Legally Blonde" and cheered the smartness of that movie.)