Not one of Crowe's best pieces...

Rating: Null/10 (10 February 2004)

I was sorely disappointed when I saw this film two and a half years ago. I actually went to the theater to see this. I'm so glad I wasn't the one paying. I love Cameron Crowe and I think he is a very talented writer/director, but this is one of the worst pieces of film in the history of cinema. I couldn't believe it. And it's really ironic, I would have to say that it's my least favorite movie of all time (that and 28 days later...that I did pay to see, big mistake!), and Noah Taylor is in this, yet he's also in my all time favorite movie, The Year My Voice Broke. Tom Cruise was very good, and so were all of the actors and actresses, that I did not have a problem with. To be honest most of the movie I don't even remember, it confused me then, and to think back on it now, I can't even put it together. When I went to see it, after it was over, a lady sitting next to me and the person I was with asked, "Did you understand what just happened? 'Cause I sure didn't." Yea, it was a real mind-numbing experience. And towards the end of the film, just when I thought I knew what was going on, they mixed everything up, and I was lost again. Random sex scenes, that didn't make any sense, and confusing dialogue, coincided with a really slow beginning. I hated this movie, and it's no exaggeration. But if you really want to see a bad movie, you should check it out.
I give this movie a 2 out of 10 for effort, and that's being kind.
That's the end of my review.