That was a quote from an episode of "The Golden Girls" where Estelle Getty sang a song about Medicare. At least they lived in Miami Beach where there wasn't an overabundance of trashy characters as opposed to this area of Florida where not a single decent person seems to live. They are all crass, foul mouthed and disgusting, maybe living a Florida version of reality, but reality isn't always entertainment. You quickly realize going into this that there is not one identifiable person, that life working in a convenience store only brings out the worst in customers, and unlike the movie "Clerks", there is not one sense of irony.
Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon face crisis after crisis, made worse by the fact that he's a paraplegic and she has discovered that she's pregnant. She has a crazy ex-boyfriend stalking her, a hideous boss and an extremely obnoxious coworker who speaks with nothing but anti-white racist sentiments that gives this an extreme liberal agenda which is an instant turnoff. It is pretending desperately to be art by featuring a moving score, exotic birds that gives Florida a tropical atmosphere and minor characters (especially a woman who insists on rubbing off her lottery tickets while others are waiting and an H. R. lady who is completely disrespectful and condescending to Watts), making me never want to visit the sunshine state under any circumstance.
There's really very little plot, just a bunch of absurd situations and characters you really don't care about (including Watts' mother, played by veteran actress Tess Harper), and the leads seem so mismatched. You can only tolerate so much crudeness within 90 minutes, reminding me of a quote by an old movie studio mogul which referred to various parts of reality that you don't want to deal with at the movies or in live theater. I'd like to see a survey of how many people actually made it through the entire movie because for me, it was extremely difficult, and it immediately went to the land where bad movies go to: directly into the dumpster.
Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon face crisis after crisis, made worse by the fact that he's a paraplegic and she has discovered that she's pregnant. She has a crazy ex-boyfriend stalking her, a hideous boss and an extremely obnoxious coworker who speaks with nothing but anti-white racist sentiments that gives this an extreme liberal agenda which is an instant turnoff. It is pretending desperately to be art by featuring a moving score, exotic birds that gives Florida a tropical atmosphere and minor characters (especially a woman who insists on rubbing off her lottery tickets while others are waiting and an H. R. lady who is completely disrespectful and condescending to Watts), making me never want to visit the sunshine state under any circumstance.
There's really very little plot, just a bunch of absurd situations and characters you really don't care about (including Watts' mother, played by veteran actress Tess Harper), and the leads seem so mismatched. You can only tolerate so much crudeness within 90 minutes, reminding me of a quote by an old movie studio mogul which referred to various parts of reality that you don't want to deal with at the movies or in live theater. I'd like to see a survey of how many people actually made it through the entire movie because for me, it was extremely difficult, and it immediately went to the land where bad movies go to: directly into the dumpster.