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Rating: 3/10 (20 May 2005)

I haven't seen this film in years. But I still remember two scenes very clearly. Why? Because they were such frustratingly bad scenes. The worst part is that the movie actually revolves around these scenes (am I wrong? Maybe I don't remember it well).
The following is a SPOILER. Do NOT READ this until after you have seen the movie.
1. There is a scene in which a woman (GP?) has a conversation with a man (was it MF?). It is clearly designed to make you feel an attachment to GP. It was very badly done. So badly, that I immediately knew that she was getting snuffed before the end of the movie. She was obviously just like one of those "Red Shirts" that occasionally show up in Star Trek: Destined to bite the dust. As one other reviewer put it, GP was a mere "plot point". It was painful to watch, frankly. Here, "Painful to watch" means "an embarrassment to creative people everywhere."
There are just too many movies that contain a wealth of talent in every way except for the writing. Se7en epitomizes this Hollywood problem.
2. The final Scene! "Shocking"? Hardly. Don't read this if you haven't seen the movie. As I recall, we were waiting for a package. I KNEW what that box contained. It was obvious! That was really frustrating because I also knew that entire film was working up to this point in the plot... only to fizzle because it was just so unbelievably clumsy. The suspense was drawn out way too long. If it had been sprung on us a little quicker, I might have been taken by surprise.
I was so annoyed by the experience that Se7en has stuck in my head as much or more than any other movie I've seen.