Review of Young Adam (2003) by Cliff S — 08 Jan 2005

These would by my 5 WORST of the year so far.

I would have named [b]'Twentynine Palms'[/b], but actually, that film has kinda haunted me since. I still hated some things about it, and it didn't seem to go anywhere, but...yah, I'm not willing to call it one of the worst of the year. I also really hated [b]'Dogville'[/b], but it had good elements, and it wasn't quite the trainwreck [b]'A.I.'[/b] was, so I wouldn't put it here either. This year's 'A.I.' is definately [b]'The Saddest Music In The World'[/b].

In other news, the [b]'Sideways'[/b] backlash appears to be in full swring. And while I'm at it, I just wanted to mention, no, I seriously doubt anybody is saying to themselves "Well, everybody else likes it, so I'm gonna hate it/say it's way overrated etc.", but that said, it DOES influence a lot of people's thinking, nomatter if they admit it or not.