I gritted my teeth through 99% of this film thinking three things: 1) what a silly, pointless, witless, utterly predictable, sophomoronic romance; no doubt 18 year-olds will get a lot of 'deep' moments of self-recognition out of it and grow out of it in five years.
2) What on earth is a serious actor such as Pierce Brosnan doing demeaning himself in this ridiculous sham?
3) Any movie which has to tell me its message in plain text ("Everything you do in life will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it") by quoting a famous real-life person (in this case, Gandhi), instead of letting the message reveal itself through the story, has an incompetent screenwriter.
For that I would have given the film three stars (mediocre to poor). Somehow I managed not to walk out until clear through the credits. The one percent, however, left me thunderstruck. That ratcheted the film up two more notches for me. I guess if the film had been any less tedious for the first 90 minutes, the moment of revelation would not have been so powerful, by contrast.
My advice to prospective viewers is this: if you are going to start this film, then stick with it. The message will actually make sense, and Pierce Brosnon will actually redeem himself as a serious actor.
Not being a Rob-fan, I went into this film with no preconceptions. I went out without any, too, as to his acting ability; maybe if he gets a better screenplay, he can do something with it other than be a chaotic, rebellious youth. James Dean, where are you now that we need you?
2) What on earth is a serious actor such as Pierce Brosnan doing demeaning himself in this ridiculous sham?
3) Any movie which has to tell me its message in plain text ("Everything you do in life will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it") by quoting a famous real-life person (in this case, Gandhi), instead of letting the message reveal itself through the story, has an incompetent screenwriter.
For that I would have given the film three stars (mediocre to poor). Somehow I managed not to walk out until clear through the credits. The one percent, however, left me thunderstruck. That ratcheted the film up two more notches for me. I guess if the film had been any less tedious for the first 90 minutes, the moment of revelation would not have been so powerful, by contrast.
My advice to prospective viewers is this: if you are going to start this film, then stick with it. The message will actually make sense, and Pierce Brosnon will actually redeem himself as a serious actor.
Not being a Rob-fan, I went into this film with no preconceptions. I went out without any, too, as to his acting ability; maybe if he gets a better screenplay, he can do something with it other than be a chaotic, rebellious youth. James Dean, where are you now that we need you?