murder mystery/thriller

Rating: 1/10 (28 April 2001)

A very dreary, feel-bad movie, overly long and hard to follow with a nauseating ending. I seldom hear so much good about a movie, then turn out so disappointed. Would be boring, except that it continually sinks lower and lower, finally doing away with the only comforting thing in the film... leaving everyone, including the audience, feeling utterly alone and positively screwed (betrayed?)! Maybe good for fans of, say... David Lynch, but this film focuses much too much on the seamy side of life without actually doing much more than glory in its own dirty dinginess---wallowing in it!