Skip this waste of time and see the original

Rating: Null/10 (31 December 2002)

This movie is a complete waste of time. It's hard to believe anyone could have this much talent at their disposal and only succeed in boring the audience for two hours. First the story doesn't even vaguely resemble the original. It's obvious they were just trying to profit from the success of the original film by using the title and writing a completely different story. A really DULL story! The acting talent is totally wasted in this film, except for Julia Roberts who doesn't have any anyway. She plays that same old booorrrriiiinngg character she plays in every film. It's really painful to sit and endure her feeble attempt at acting. For the life of me I can't understand why they keep sticking her in these films! Anyway, back to this sleeping aid, the film just lacks anything at all that could make it interesting or fun. At the end of it you'll be asking yourself, what was the point? Why did they make this? And what does it have to do with the original other than stealing it's name and reputation? Aparently they thought showing a lot of ridiculous, impossible high tech equipment could carry the film. Fortunately I didn't pay to sit through this or I'd feel more robbed than the casino. Incidently, I don't know why other reviewers are warning about spoilers in their reviews. There ARE no spoilers because there ARE no surprises in this worthless waste of time. Do yourself a favor and just rent the original.