SPOILER: This entire movie can be summed up in one sentence.

mujiber

Do whatever the hell you want as long as you don't directly hurt anyone else.

That's the entire movie in a single sentence. If you're Christian, like guns, or think faithfulness to a spouse is important, you probably won't like this movie too much. It is the Bohemian philosophy at it's peak. The movie strives to be intellectual, while appealing to the lowest of human instincts. It tries to enlighten by condescending.

This is Hollywood intellectualism at its finest. It concerns a bitter old man who hates life and everything in it, and at the end, comes to the decision that whatever makes you happy in life is something you should embrace. Of course, the irony - if that happiness comes from worshiping a God or trying to make your marriage work, then embracing it might not be such a good idea. It stereotypes the south, it stereotypes Christians, Jews, or anyone of faith - and yet mocks those same people for their supposed stereotypical perceptions and bigotries. The ol' Hollywood double-standard.

In sum, a really, really stupid movie.

I really want my $1.08 and my 90 minutes back.

score 1/10

mujiber 25 November 2009

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2164078/