Not suitable for anyone, ever

Rating: 1/10 (28 August 2001)

This film was truly bad. It went nowhere in the slowest way possible. Please note that I was not looking for an action/adventure film. I had seen this movie advertised as psychological and suspenseful. The only suspense I had was in wondering when it was going to get to the point, or at least just end. I did not find the lighting to be "spectacular;" it was dark. The music played over the dialogue in several places. Bruce Willis was absolutely pedestrian in his performance, as was Robin Wright Penn, who appeared to be stoned throughout the film. Samuel L. Jackson was like a caricature of an over-the-top actor.
There was no great story, as a story requires a beginning, a middle, and an end, and this story kind of just stopped without really defining the middle and definitely not constructing an end. There was no great acting. There was no great anything, except a great waste of my time.
As for the son contemplating shooting the dad, it was so out of left field that it seemed like someone threw it in later to at least give the movie something for people to talk about.