Hard to take film seriously.

Rating: 3/10 (12 January 2001)

I really like Julia Stiles but after 4 minutes of the film I had a hard time taking the film seriously. Why? Was it the acting? No. Was it the actors? No. Was it the fact that I could see the microphone in almost every shot where the characters spoke? You betcha! It's hard to take any film seriously when you know that the sound guy is using a fuzzy microphone for outside shots. MTV tried to come up with a clever storyline but it got lost while the audience was laughing at the microphone sticking down from the top of the screen.
Rating: ** out of 5 for lousy sound job.