One big yawn

Rating: Null/10 (25 November 2000)

Am I too picky, or perhaps too quick to figure out plot twists? This movie was BORING! The only thing that kept me remotely interested was the fact that it was shot in Philly, on and around the U. of Penn campus, where my son goes to school, so it was fun to spot campus and city sites. Other than that, the plot became painfully obvious within about a half hour. The acting was pure " Bruce Willis has problem marriage, Bruce seeks to find himself, Bruce has revelation. " There were long and dead-end sequences and scenes that dragged on for no apparent reason, weird camera angles that did nothing to add to the drama, and a most unsatisfying ending that said to me,
" The director is tired and out of ideas, so here is how it ends. Now go home. " The extras in the film ( and they are all over the place ) practically screamed, " We're EXTRAS! Watch us see ourselves on-camera!" The kid was a slightly older version of Haley Joel Osment's Sixth Sense character --- another screwed-up little boy who I found myself not caring a whit about. Robin Wright was the only actor who tried to do something with her meager role. I thought The Sixth Sense was easy to figure out, but this one is even more simplistic. I'm only glad I saw it in the afternoon, when it was half-price to get in, instead of spending real money on this yawner. I went to high school with Bruce Willis, when his acting antics were fresh and funny and endearing. Lately all he does is bore me with the same-old same-old same-old same-old....