First time: confusing. Second time: Genius.

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2002)

The first time I watched the movie, I wanted to like it because I am such a big Lynch fan, but although I enjoyed it, I thought it was simply weird for weird's sake with no method to the madness.
Then I read the 10 clues given in the IMDB trivia section. I watched it again the same day, trying to find the answers to the clues, and by the end of the movie I realized that it was pure genius.
The movie makes perfect sense. (95% of it anyway). You simply have to figure it out. So many movies try to send you home happy and ruin the mystery of the film. Not Lynch. He sends you home confused and then lets you experience the joy of figuring out the meaning of the movie. It is there if you are willing to look. If you need some help, go to Salon.com and search for Mullholland Drive.
Make sure you understand this magnificent film before you start bashing it for being weird.