Above Average, But TOO SLOW

Rating: Null/10 (28 January 2001)

I just don't understand what all the hype is about concerning this movie. Yes, I was engrossed and I did not invision the ending but to me the movie was slow and dragged throughout the middle for about 30-40 minutes. It seemed like the movie could have been edited down quite a bit and still have told the same story. I liked all the other four movies nominated for Best Picture 1999 better than this one and I thought the kid did a better job in Pay It Forward which I thought was a better movie too. 6/10