I didn't like the story very much, but the way it's told is interesting

Rating: 6/10 (3 April 2007)

If you're a fan of David Lynch, skip this comment. Watch the movie instead, you'll love it.
I don't think the story is very interesting. A young actress comes to Hollywood, starts a career, and has a love affair with another actress. Of course that's not the whole story, but most of it, and I think it could have been better.
But the way the story is told is interesting in my opinion. The sequence of events isn't linear, and a lot of points weren't shown directly but through symbols. It was different from everything I've seen before.
However, that doesn't make it a truly great movie in my opinion. Judging from what I've read, nobody or nearly nobody understood the meaning of it without watching it at least twice or without reading some hints (or full interpretations). That's not the way it should be in my opinion. The mystery should be solved at the end of the movie; that would be less frustrating. There were some other points that I didn't like. The first part has some dragging passages, and the second part seems rushed at some points. I guess it's because the first part was filmed as a TV-pilot but wasn't accepted and the second part was then added to make it a feature film; so the second part is much shorter than it was intended to be (too short in my opinion); it was intended to be a (mini-) series (see the 'trivia'-section). Perhaps the series would also have offered a solution (in addition to a better pacing).
Though there are some good hints (in the movie) that may help one to find a good (or the right) interpretation, there are also some points that are too misleading in my opinion. For example, when Betty and Rita meet Diane's neighbour, she recognizes neither of them. That may be o.k. (and was probably intended) if you consider the context of that passage, but it's still too misleading in my opinion.
All in all it's o.k., but could have been better in my opinion. I think if you like stories that are mysterious, symbolic, and different, and don't mind having to read an interpretation to understand it, this one is well worth a look.