Good, but perhaps not excellent

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2004)

Perhaps I was expecting something much more from this film. I had been waiting for it to come out on DVD so I could buy it and see it on my 57" widescreen. It took me two starts to get through the picture as the first half hour for me was disjointed and didn't make a lot of sense as to a plot. After seeing the whole film I have to say that it reminded me a great deal of what you would expect in MTV videos. Johnny Depp? When he first came on screen I thought he was drunk. He acted throughout the whole film as would be expected of a person who had about a 2.0 blood alcohol level. His speech was always slurred and it certainly appeared to me that he chose to play his character as though he was drunk. It got to be a little irritating.
I did enjoy the film and will watch it again, no doubt, and can recommend it. However, it seemed to me that they just attempted to cram too many segments than was necessary into the film in attempting to constantly perk your interest. It was almost as though there were two films edited together in the time space of one. Perhaps when I sit down again to see it I will know what to expect and will not be jerked around so much. Good film, but certainly not one of my 100 favorites.