WAY overrated, but not terrible...

Rating: 6/10 (23 November 2005)

This movie is the most successful movie (in terms of box-office numbers) of all time, because of the "Kool-Aid factor". People got so wrapped up in the sweeping trend of thought that the movie was great, that most of them were not judging it objectively. In reality, it isn't a BAD movie, it's just not great. The special effects and Kate Winslet look great in the movie. While we're on the subject, Leonardo DiCapprio is someone else who is overrated. He's....OK. He was very good in "The Basketball Diaries", and he was decent in "The Aviator" and "The Beach". I was NOT impressed, however (unlike most people), with his performance in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape". He didn't play a mentally handicapped kid -- he played a "retard". What I mean by that is, that he was doing more of a caricature or stereotype of a mentally handicapped person. Well, enough about that for now....