
Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
October 28, 2005MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Gore VerbinskiStarring :
Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmenne de la Pena, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Rispoli, Judith McConnell
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
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“..will be a hard sell..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]

“..not very uplifting or entertaining..”
by Joshua Starnes [Comingsoon]

“..never quite hits whatever target it's aiming for..”
by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
“..kicks around in your mind for a good long while after you've seen it..”
by Scott Foundas [L.A. Weekly]

“..isn't as confident or satisfying as the similarly themed, Oscar-winning "American Beauty"..”
by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

“..disingenuously conveys the fickleness of day-to-day existence via a monsoon of profane, contrived moroseness...”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]

“..a washout..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]

“..a tidy examination of the frustrations and pleasures of life..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]

“..a scathing, often right-on look at the follies of contemporary culture..”
by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune]

“..a biting, existential spoof of modern life and our preconceptions regarding success and personal bliss..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
Reviewed by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
Reviewed by Beth Mcarthur [Georgia Straight]










