for me this film dragged. i expected to find something that would grab my attention when in fact it's a bit of a one trick pony of a film. yeah the structure is twisted and spinny but it's also repetitive - that the brain behind this little ditty belongs to a jaded cynical know-it-all is a point well and truly laboured (see also: 'adaptation').

on the other hand the charmless approach to human relations does not stifle michel gondry's take on intimacy (the shot under the sheets), nor did it entirely draw my attention away from the talents of jim carrey and kate winslet.

on one side of this film is 'i heart huckabees', on the other 'anatomy of hell' and i like both infinitely better than this insincere exercise in 'original' screenplay writing.