Smoke and Mirrors

Rating: 7/10 (23 May 2001)

Okay...when you do drugs things move faster. Does this have to be drilled into our heads for the entire length of the film. I found it got to be annoying after awhile. I thought a lot of the movie was cliche covered up by a lot of loud music and flashy camera work.
Best film of the year....I think not...Traffic delivered a similar story of drug addicition but let the actors tell the story and not the man behind the camera. Everytime the girl in Traffic did a hit the same four frames weren't played, backed by the same loud music and some choppy and distorted camera angles.
In my opinion...sometimes less is more.
(Don't get me wrong..I enjoyed the film but it was a bit overdone)