A Terrible Movie

Rating: Null/10 (2 March 1999)

"Disturbing" and "gruesome" will be the first reason I did not like this. It makes you wonder how some people admire a movie despite such. And the answer you get is "It was all stylized, like a cartoon. And it was cool." There was nothing resembling style or "cool" in this film; When people say this, I worry about them. But I'm not saying violent movies are bad. "La Femme Nikita" was style. "Blade" (with Wesley Snipes) was cool. But Se7en is a homicidal nutcase's bedtime storybook.
The second reason I did not like this movie was the lack of sympathy for the characters. Morgan Freeman has always been a wonderful actor, and his screen presence was a meager improvement for the movie. But what I really loathed was Brad Pitt. He was in a starring role as a detective who wants to investigate these cases so fast he rushes through the movie. He overacts, so much that you feel like you're watching an arrogant high school boy recite Homer's 'The Odyssey.' Pitt's self interest in film has always been an annoyance, if it were just him and another person (besides Freeman) teaming up I would have stopped this movie before it reached the ho-hum finale. When push comes to shove that you find out who the sicky is, *Kevin Spacey* look's about as threatening as a 5-year-old with a cap gun. Gwynyth Paltrow look's like a Kate Moss stand in. Countless flaws. Gratuitous gore.... I wish I new what the high rating was about...I guess some like to give bad movies a second chance.