I remembered having seen it in the theaters and being unimpressed. I just could not remember why I was so thoroughly underwhelmed by the movie. So having been over a decade I figured I'd give it another watch and see what I thought. That's when it all came crashing back. The absolute paint dryingly slow pace of the development, the notably bad performances by nearly everyone on screen, and the remarkably trite concept of it all. Thankfully this time it wasn't trapped in a theater and was able to fast forward through most of the mind numbingness until I had simply to relent and shut it off entirely. Leonardo DiCaprio is just nearly impossible to watch and take seriously with his trademark hyperbolic urgency, with every scene threatening to resurrect the pubescent whinyness with which he pocked The Basketball Diaries. 🙉