saccharine and tedious

Rating: 1/10 (4 July 2005)

Where does one begin when presented with such a dire film? A bunch of squeaky clean middle class white all American wannabe rock and rollers with one very repetitive tune scream whenever it makes the radio station. I was screaming by the end as well. Apart from the bad acting and embarrassing dialogue ('i am Spartacus')the most offensive aspect of this drivel was the representation of the black members of Tom Hanks world. Dial a cliché because here comes the bell hop who's incredibly helpful but not with the bags but distilling wisdom and sorting out their personal probs. Sure, and in this Hanks fifties dream world the white kids really dig him and not a whiff of racism can be smelt above the perfumed presentation. Then the drummer really digs the good ole blues boys and they dig him. I know i am from UK but wasn't there some race riots or something in the US around this time. Maybe i am mistaken because according to Hanks everyone got on just fine, it was more like the Truman show than any attempt to portray truth. But this is a Hanks vehicle so one must expect the picket fence sentiment rather than the harsh reality of racial strife and racial oppression.