Very boring and overrated movie

Rating: 1/10 (8 November 2001)

Personally I think too much has been made of this film. Many found it a disturbing and depressing depiction of drug addiction and it's consequences. Finally seeing it after much hype among friends, the only thing I found disturbing and depressing is that I was able to sit through this movie for almost 2 hours when I could have been scraping excess plaque from my teeth. I've seen more graphic depictions of drug abuse than this. It felt like a toned down documentary with a boring plot. The direction is mediocre at best, and the editing I found very choppy and annoying.
As for the acting, once again, very mediocre and robotic. Maybe that was the tone set for the characters, but again I don't think these characters were a very tough job to bring to life.
3/10