bad casting, nervous camera

Rating: 5/10 (11 August 2002)

This movie was interesting because of the story from Hubert Selby. And for the first hour it was thrilling to view. But then, some mistakes get clearer. It was wrong to cast Jennifer Connelly for this movie. She will always be an upper class girl, also when she is on H. It was annoying to saw her trying to look like a junkie. I think she was casted because she was an uprising star in hollywood. And every director wanted her to play in their movies. Or it was the guilt of her agent. Jared Leto fits much better for his role. He was so nervous right from the beginning, that it felt right to see his demolition. The camera also get boring after a hour. They repeated some scenes to often. The message was already made clear, but they repeated again and again the scene how to cook up heroin. And then, the cuts, were sometimes to fast. I know that this was chic at this time. But not everything which is chic fits to a story. And not every actor has to be casted because he or she will be a star. 5/10