Boring, dull, and highly overrated.

Rating: 3/10 (9 March 2003)

I watched this movie because I'm making it a goal to watch all of the top 250 movies (according to the IMDB list). Also I had heard some good things from a couple friends that had seen it. To get right to the point, the only reason why I didn't turn this movie off after the first 10 minutes was because I was hoping it would live up to the hype. I can't even tell you how many times I looked at my watch during this movie, each time calculating how much of it had passed (i.e. 1/4, 2/5). It was that boring. The acting I thought was brilliant from the two kids (especially Anne) and from Mrs. Mills. Kidman, on the other hand, horribly overacted in a couple parts. She is not the actress that people give her credit for. Cinematography (probably misspelled) was good but contributed to the extremely boring setting. This movie is highly overrated and does NOT deserve to be on this top 250 list. Grade = 3/10