Hard to imagine why it deserves an Oscar...

Rating: 5/10 (2 April 2008)

This film is decent, but nothing special. This leaves a similar feeling like Requiem for a dream, like what the hell did I just watch? There isn't much of a point, not much of a story, barely anything happens to characters that are mostly dull. Why does this deserve an Oscar? Was there really nothing better to choose from? Why must the Oscar formula always be of movies with little action, little emotion, little plot and a whole lot of overacting that makes for a film that is bearable to watch only once? How many times could you watch this movie? I know I couldn't bear to watch it more than once, and for these and many other reasons, I cannot trust Oscar to mean good.