Not all it was cracked up to be.

Rating: Null/10 (27 October 2002)

Ok, I love Tobey Maguire and I thought he was fantastic in this. However, he and the visual effects were the only redeeming features of this movie. Kirsten Dunst can't act. I don't know how she managed to get the part - she so didn't deserve it. I found it painful to watch her. Also, what happened to the big climax? The whole film (and the advertising campaign) promised some huge, edge-of-your-seat type movie, and as the movie progressed it seemed inevitable that the climax was going to be huge. But there was none. I left thinking to myself 'was that some sort of joke? That was nothing like the ads and entertainment shows promised.' I'm tempted to see the next one for Tobey alone, but if it's anything like this one, then I'll wait for it to come on TV. It wasn't worth the money.