overrated...

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2003)

This is not a bad movie, but it is completely overrated. The plot is rather flat, predictable and the characters remain superficial. OK, the message that drugs are bad may need to reach every generation in a new mantle, but it is not that revealing for most people that got out of their teens. The fast cuts and comic-like style elements are not really new or original, "run lola run" used them more efficient and a few years earlier (and maybe some even older movies I don't know or cannot remember). *minor spoiler* The very elaborate images of the mother's drug induced psychosis are interesting, but not very realistic. Yes, the movie may be disturbing, but only for viewers that are not alienated by its flaws. Apparently the majority.