Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This movie really left me thinking ... but not about the plot, the direction, the characters, an underlying message, or a clever script. Far from it. I was left wondering what in Sam Hill went wrong behind the scenes. Clearly, something was badly amiss from the beginning.I'm amazed at the positive comments for the movie and for Jodie Foster's performance. From the get-go it was clear that Foster had phoned this one in. One earlier comment even made a favorable mention of her facial expressions. I must have been watching a different movie since Ms Foster (usually a personal favorite) seemed to be totally disinterested.In one of his first scenes with Foster, Fred Ward looks as though he, also, is distracted by her lack of energy and he struggles to deliver his own lines with any enthusiasm. By the time he's called upon to take part in a supposedly desperate search for runaway Foster, Ward also seems to have become embarrassingly half-hearted about the project.In my opinion, Dennis Hopper has always been a uni-dimensional performer, so I wasn't expecting much from him ... and he delivered.Yes, this one left me thinking long after it ended. The fact that Joe Pesci and Charlie Sheen refused to have their names attached to the project suggests that this was a real stinker for everyone involved. But to then learn that the Director preferred to hide behind a pseudonym speaks volumes.But why listen to me? I always think Foster looks ridiculous in a dress, yet she's sensational in lacy underwear.

So many weird and disastrous things about this movie- • That Foster's character plays an artist who's work is so clearly modeled on Jenny Holzer's only to read in the credits that the art was actually created for the film... by Jenny Holzer.• How many actresses get to do more than one film with lambs as major plot elements? • That score: 12 Roland D-50's puffing away like a house on fire, and a single saxophone from hell. (Takes you back to the 80's, but not in a good way.) • Worst editing and looping I've ever seen, -IN THE DIRECTOR'S CUT-!!! • A helicopter on a hill! Deux-ex-machina a-go-go.• Biggest allstar cast since "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World", to similar effect.• Who would have guessed that Dennis Hopper had such a grating and unbelievable Jersey accent??

I don't which is more painful. Watching the film, or reading the positive reviews for this on IMDB.com. I really could not believe the reviews or the 5.3 rating. This movie is a way below average.This movie moved very slow. It resembled watching water boil. The remaining time counter on VCR remained on an hour forever and a day. I did not even look to see if this film made it DVD so I could play on DVD player. I doubt it.Jodie Foster and Dennis Hopper had no on screen chemistry what so ever. Jodie Foster did not convince me that she was in love with Milo. Even Jodie Foster's nude scenes could not save this film. Yes, Jodie Foster is an attractive woman, but in this film, she was about as sexy as Kathy Bates in About Schimdt. I did not buy into John Turturro as a hitman.This movie had a great cast. With Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, John Turturro, and Dean Stockwell, this film should have been better. But, I doubt that any actor or director could have saved this script.Finally, I am not a fan of technology in films. Milo (Dennis Hopper) three "high powered" 286 processor computers, and Anne Benton (Jodie Foster) "high tech" LED signs really makes this movie seem more dated than it actually is.I don't get me wrong. I like small, no budget films. I like strange movies that make think, "What the hell?" afterwards. I will admit to own, watch, and enjoy Clockwork Orange and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. But, this was not a good film from any view point.

If that's what you want, you want this movie-- she bares it not once but twice. Or if Bob Dylan wielding a chainsaw is your bag... The script is clichéd and inept, the directing choppy, the excellent cast largely wasted. At least they look like they had fun making it. If it was better written/directed, the basic premise of the abductee falling for the abductor might be more believable. Jodie spends most of her time looking worried, until she suddenly mutates into passionate lover/co-conspirator. Joe Pesci managed to have his name completely scrubbed from the film and the packaging, although his part is not minor. Blink and you'll miss Catherine Keener, apparently in her first credited role. Somebody should put the soundtrack's sax player out of our misery.