Overrated, but it was okay.

Rating: Null/10 (28 April 2002)

It's not all it's hyped up to be, but that's not its fault. At the very beginning of its life as a movie, someone said "Hey, that was pretty good." And suddenly everyone said "OH MY GOD! THE BEST MOVIE *EVER*!". Which it was not.
It was pretty good though, and it's hard to imagine, but at the time, it was quite original.
The acting's not half-bad, and considering the entire movie was improvised, I'd say the writing's not horrible either.
And when I saw it in a darkened theater, I have to admit, I was scared to death. I was sweating through the theater seats and my teeth were chattering. It was scary, but it's been so cliched, that if you were to see it on video or DVD now, it wouldn't be scary at all.
My grade: B