A supposed psychological thriller wasn't released, it escaped!

Rating: Null/10 (18 January 2004)

My wife and I saw a pre-release screening the other night, and walked out of it about 45 minutes in. The "director" has taken every taboo and horror movie plot device, and crammed it into the same movie. In the first two reels we are treated to gratuitous violence, the inference of child pornography, incest, animal abuse and babies and mothers being blown up with dynamite. They all live in a special little town where everyone except the main character's mother and his therapist seem to be psychotic or sympathetic to the drek they are acting in. The scene of animal abuse drove us out, simulated or not, it did nothing to further the plot, and caused nothing but revulsion. Our film society sponsor was in tears.
If Ashton Kutcher wants to be taken seriously as an actor, he should pay James Lipton a standard consulting fee, and stay out of tripe like this in the future. I wouldn't watch this movie again with my worst enemy's eyes.