Disjointed and ill--conceived

Rating: 1/10 (12 February 2000)

This was a horrible movie of epic proportion. Run, don't walk away from this movie. Not all of the teeny boppers in the world can save this movie. Word of mouth is very powerful and in this case it will destroy the movie. The movie was an embarrassing adaption of a stylish book. They changed some very key points in the book. Richard wasn't supposed to get together with Francoise, because no one ever gets the French girl, but in the movie they fall in love. DiCaprio did what he does best: running around sobbing and looking suicidal. The only thing that could have saved this movie is if they would have spent less time with Richard having his way with Francoise, and more time focusing on divisions in the community, and Richard's gradual loss of reality. So please take my advice, spend your money on a movie like Magnolia...and put DiCaprio out of his misery.