Yaaaaaaawwwwwn

Rating: Null/10 (22 June 2004)

I cannot believe this movie received so many favorable reviews. It was excessively long and very boring. This is not a complicated movie, but it took over 2 hours to meander through the plot. You may think I just have a short attention span - I loved Schindler's List - Dances With Wolves - Gone with the Wind - and many others with a longer running time than this drivel. I read the review by Roger Ebert, who I usually respect, and he gave this yawner 4 stars! I wonder if we saw the same movie! I didn't give a flip about one single character, not even Dave (Tim Robbin's character). I love Tim Robbin's work, but here he has little to do but look bewildered. I also had a very hard time hearing the movie. I kept having to turn the volume up to hear the whispered dialogue, and then it would immediately change to traffic or helicopter noise and it would just about blow my eardrums out! Don't bother with this one. If you want to see great acting and troubled characters, go see "Monster" with Charlize Theron. Riveting!