Was this a low budget film or what?

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2003)

Gee, you'd think with all the big-name actors and actresses (Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Gwenyth Paltrow) in this movie, that they could have afforded something brighter than an 15 watt light bulb. This movie is dark. I'm not talking about the murder and the mystery. I'm talking about not being to see a darn thing during the movie. I mean, is there something bad about having a little color or light in a movie?
And everyone is so miserably unhappy all the time, you've got to wonder why they stay on those jobs. I mean, go to New Zealand and raise sheep! Go save whales for a year with Greenpeace! Get yourself a nightshift job at a Denny's! I mean, ANYTHING but working in that dark depressing city!