Is this a film? Who knows.

Rating: Null/10 (2 September 2002)

I got this film out purely because it was by David Lynch. I don't know why, I'm not a big fan but there is a certain stigma attached to the films he has done. This one takes things to the extreme as far as I am concerned. I would go as far as saying it is not even a film. It has a beginning middle and end in relative terms but that is about it. Nothing makes sense and it is not supposed to. But why? It would be nice to come away from the experience actually knowing whether you enjoyed the film but I just felt cheated, almost like I had been duped into sitting there watching something that meant nothing. I am not saying that this film isn't any good it is just that because it has no meaning it is hard to justify it a rating. I have read the other reviews on this site and I feel that a lot of people who have rated this film have done so not on its merits but on some imaginary and profound understanding of the mind of David Lynch. Personally I think after he finished it, he sat back and had a little laugh to himself that everyone that watched it wouldn't actually know why they sat through it all but would then claim that it was a masterpiece purely because it confused them.