An utter disgrace

Rating: 1/10 (14 January 2006)

There's not much good that can be said about "Mulholland Drive." To be fair, it actually starts out with some interesting aspects, but nothing ever plays out to anything in the end making the movie a concoction of several random events, several of which don't even fit in with any explanation fans of this movie will try to provide.
The movie doesn't even present a valid event on the part of director David Lynch. Lynch has used the same plot twist/technique in this movie that he's used at least two or three times in the past. "Lost Highway" is a prime example of a past Lynch movie that has used this technique. This is what seems to pass for creativity today: recycling past ideas and calling it something new. I wouldn't complain AS much if the movie actually made any coherent sense in the end. But one of the major problems of this movie is that it doesn't. Fans will try to claim that the movie does make sense, but it is not understandable without the help of online explanations. Even with these explanations, the explanation still isn't clear and discernible from the movie itself.
This movie would not receive nearly the following that it does if it were not made by David Lynch. Because Lynch has gotten away with this type of thing in the past, he's allowed to get away with it again. Lynch appears to be above the law as far as movie making goes. If any other director had attempted to make this movie, they wouldn't get away with it. If it were any director's debut movie, the director would likely be shunned and never direct again.
This movie is officially on the number one spot of the worst movies I have ever seen. Take my advice. Don't waste your two and a half hours.