This is not a good movie

Rating: Null/10 (18 October 2003)

This is not necessarily a bad movie, it's just not a good movie. My definition of a really good movie or book is that within only a few minutes of watching/reading, you are so drawn in that you forget you are doing either. That immersion happens about 10% of the time, and it really doesn't matter if the remaining 90% is marginally bad or truly awful. The only thing that's key is that the movies in that 90% range just aren't good.

I won't even begin to analyze what is missing in this movie, because that's not the issue. What is important is that none of the characters seemed real or mattered to me; I didn't care what happened next; and I was so singularly uninvolved that at several points I just kept wondering when it was going to be over.
So, who was in it, whether or not they acted well (most of them didn't, or they would have been able to achieve at least temporary audience absorption), who directed it, and how many awards it's slated to win due to its instant notoriety and 'profound social commentary' are all irrelevant. It's not worth the money or the time, because -- for whatever reason -- it simply doesn't tell a compelling story.