Overrated and utterly implausible

Rating: 4/10 (7 March 2004)

I expected more from the director of Se7en. Frankly, Michael Douglas's character is a totally stereotypical ruthless rich man and the plot is just too utterly implausible. This is the main problem, the fact that this company's "practical jokes" are just so dangerous that they would have been closed down long ago. So many people could easily have died in this one that it is really just ridiculous.
Sean Penn is one of the finest actors currently working in the USA and he is sadly under-used here. As for the ending, if I was Michael I would be rather more upset. VERY upset. I don't think that I would see the funny side. Perhaps 4/10.