what's all the hype about??

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 1998)

After reading other comments, I fail to see why everyone loved this pathetic excuse for a movie so much. To me, this film is a glaring example of everything wrong with movies today. Shallow characters, glamorization of drugs, sex and crime, gratuitous violence, incomprehensible plot, and Bruce Willis (an "actor" I despise) all combine here to make an "experience" that left me nearly in tears--of boredom. I forced myself to watch it a second time after hearing everyone raving about this piece of trash, thinking perhaps I had missed something. I didn't. It is very sad to think that Hollywood must stoop so low today to "entertain." If you want to see a really *good* movie about the seamier side of life, watch "Boogie Nights" or any of the "Godfather" movies.