endless setup, tiny payoff

Rating: 2/10 (3 September 2001)

I thought this was claptrap, and pretentious, artsy claptrap at that. I
think the dolly shot on Bruce and Robin having a drink at a
restaurant set a record for excruciating slowness, but one earlier
shot--in which the frame is filled by a black and white newspaper
photo for what seems like a week--was even more maddeningly
static. And the closing "what eventually happened" graphic was an
amazing lapse in tone from fantasy (to be charitable) to
quasi-documentary.