Perhaps I missed something?

Rating: 4/10 (21 April 2007)

This is one of those movies I heard would 'change my life,' that I HAD to see it because it was SO profound.
Well, to me, it wasn't. Honestly, it's just a bunch of drug clichés, loosely latched together with a sad storyline. The familiar subject matter and emotions it instigates are of course authentic, and therefore relevant to many people, but again exploting drug culture better than any film before it doesn't seem to be a landmark achievement to me, it seems to be a drug film. Following this, I watched Pi by the same director and that stands as one of my most hated movies I've ever seen. Perhaps I just don't like the director, or perhaps nothing special is really going on.
I've been exposed to drugs plenty in real life, this is absolutely nothing new to me. Capturing some of the stigma and sadness on film? Perhaps, but some segments are quite fictitious, and I don't think this film really needs to be on the top 250 list. One mans opinion.