Most Overrated Movie of the Year!

Rating: 3/10 (28 July 2006)

I don't understand why so many people like this movie. It's like when someone tells you their favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird and you know they haven't read any books since high school. This movie is formulaic, uninspired, and just plain bad. The performances are terrible and the drug portrayals are unbelievable. I was annoyed basically from the beginning of this movie to the end. The flash backs that portray Ray's youth are supposed to be touching, but simply are sad attempts at audience emotional manipulation. Apparently they worked for I know a lot of people who said they liked this dud, including my mom who likes any movie where someone overcomes some sort of diversity. The success of this movie is depressing when there are so many better movies that go totally unnoticed.