This Movie Belongs on Top 250???

Rating: 4/10 (1 June 2001)

I finally watched the movie because someone mentioned to me that it was her favorite movie of all time....
Umm...You got to be kidding (especially for the reviewer, "Mike," who watches this movie every 3 weeks!??....)....Okay, Robin Wright is beautiful (and respectable as an actress as seen from her performance in "Forrest Gump") and the movie has some funny one-liners here and there (nothing profoundly funny here though), but what's the fascination?
The movie is basically a farce with a ridiculously simple plot, poor acting (I think the acting was supposed to add to the humor....okay wow), cheap senseless humor, and unbelievable special effects (uh, remember when the "Zorro" fights the "giant rats" that look exactly like short guys in a cheap rat suit?)....I guess that's supposed to be funny too....
It is truly incredible to have people comment that this movie is one of the best movies ever made or that it's a great film...because it simply isn't. I can enjoy light comedies or fantasy movies from time to time, but it's not a good one even in that genre/category. It is not an awful movie to watch and it might be enjoyable, I guess, for (up to) lower elementary kids, but it no where near lives up to its hype or the majority of the reviews seen here. It is indeed a great insult to have a movie of this quality (I gave it a generous 4 out of 10) to have it ranked anywhere near movies such as "The Matrix," "The Gladiator," "Se7en," "Amadeus," "American History X," "Glory," and etc., etc., and etc. Not worth a rental if you ask me (unless you're renting it for the kids), and definitely does not deserve to be in the Top 250!.