Surprised I liked parts (at least)

Rating: 7/10 (29 September 2003)

There's so many things about this movie that I don't generally like (recent Cruise, Lee, trick plots) that I'm surprised I actually enjoyed the concept and some of its execution. It gets the thrill of new love right as well as some of the angst of rejection. I confess I tuned out and was ready to write this one off when things got too weird after the accident, but I turned back later and actually enjoyed the wrap-up. If only they could have done the beginning and the end and skipped the middle... Russell is almost always a treat, here in a very underplayed role. I can understand people disliking this movie, and I'm not even sure how I am with the package as a whole, but I was still thinking about it days later.