4/10
A Very "Blah" Movie
17 October 2007
I must admit that I like bad movies as long as they're entertaining on some level be it good writing, interesting story, or something else, but I can't think of a good thing about this movie other than the cast. Honestly, I think anyone else could have played these roles and it wouldn't have been any worse. Winona was wasted and her character always seemed randomly motivated, almost bipolar. Fiennes could have been replaced with a wooden plank and have the same impact.

Every now and then you will see another star pop in for a cameo role, which honestly, were the best parts of the movie. If this had just been their stories it would have been a far better experience. But these clips felt as if they were just randomly thrown in and the transitions to these were abrupt.

The movie was rather disjointed and filled with unnecessary bits and pieces. If the film student hadn't been in this movie, I would have been a lot better. Also if the main character was Winona's character, it would have been much more entertaining.

I just felt like there was no change in any of the characters by the end of the movie. Joseph Fiennes came in as a robot and ended as a robot, Winona came in a nobody and left the same way, and Wilmer was always just an annoying plot device for the camera operators shakes to seem artsy and new.

Been there, done that, and it looks better on someone else.

The awkward love story was...awkward. I can't find a better word than that. It was unnecessary in the context of the film and felt like it was just thrown in, because, "all good movies have a love story in there somewhere." Nice try, Finn Taylor.
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