Namely, how unapologetically "*precious*" and self-conscious it is in most of his work. The reflexive, lurking-just-beneath-the-surface "I'm so damned Hip and so damned Clever, Aren't I ?" tone of it. Pretty tough to put up with, at least for me. Can't really abide that, from ANY filmmaker. Amidst Anderson's filmography, this title was one of the worst offenders in that regard.

There have been exceptions: I really liked his first -- and clearly a modest, low-budget indie effort -- "Bottle Rocket" (1996), apparently before this tendency emerged, and some of what he's done in the animation format has certainly been different and interesting. Apart from that, and so long as the pervasive self-congratulation fest continues, I would tend to avid his films.