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I saw this movie on cable on rainy day when there was nothing else on TV, not knowing what to expect but my curiosity was peaked by the talent (Mia Kirshner, Giovanni Ribisi, Jesse Bradeford...script by Melissa Ribisi).

I was surprisingly thoroughly entertained and laughed myself silly. It was funny! It's one of those films that if you live of have lived in Los Angeles, you can appreciate the humor. Kind of like Swingers (I saw Swingers when I lived in NY, and I didn't get the hype, then I saw it a few years later after moving to LA and I couldn't stop laughing).

Not a masterpiece but if you're ever home on a rainy day and should happen to stumble across this one on cable, it's the worth the time.

Ellen Burstyn gave the most powerful performance of the year (and of her career) in this haunting, surrealistic look at addiction. Although this film is highly disturbing and is more like a two hour assault on one's sensibilities, it is worth watching over and over again for Burstyn's flawless performance.

A cinematic masterpiece...a powerhouse performance.

i'd pretty much have to agree with most of what has been posted about this movie. it's worth seeing on the big screen ONLY for the set design, wardrobe and mind-blowing effects which are undoubtedly some of the most visually stunning effects ever to be seen in film. Then we have the contrived plot (which is more of an excuse to make this film) which embodies all the cliches and stereotypes of a serial killer film in one two-hour motion picture. And lastly we have Jennifer Lopez, the 2 billion dollar butt, who couldn't act her way out of a paper bag, with her Shirley Temple curls and her 80s lip gloss. If not for the effects and D'Onofrio's performance, this would've been a worthless two hours.