Oh my God this movie is horrible

Rating: 2/10 (6 December 2003)

I can't believe all the positive comments I'm reading here. Folks, this is one bad movie. After watching this movie, I was insulted and angry that this tripe had been foisted on me. I want my three hours back, Mr Eisner!
Yeah you could say this movie is for kids -- certainly anyone over the age of ten who doesn't want to put their shoe through the screen would have to be brain-dead -- but what kid wants to look at scenes where the characters just stare into space, thinking and feeling nothing in particular, while the clock on the wall ticks... and ticks... and ticks...? There are MANY such moments.
The script was apparently generated by the Cliche-O-Meter set on Brain Destroy mode. Utterly hack work, not even decent at tear-jerking, let alone telling a decent story or giving some real character development.
The acting is OK, I guess. Quaid and the others do a pretty good job considering what they're given to work with. FWIW, the cinematography is utterly devoid of imagination, too.
All in all, I can't believe this movie was actually released. I've certainly seen straight-to-video films better than this.
The ONE good scene is when The Kid (Quaid's son) is eaten by rats... no wait, that didn't happen. Darn it.