Highly Overrated But Still Good

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

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

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I can't say why this hasn't become a cult classic, as it's such a rich and wonderful satirical story with silliness and heart and real humanity.Christina Ricci shines brightly in this film, true to her character from beginning to end. Even as a woman, I had to appreciate the obvious display of her naturally full chest as a second character, from the slow-mo running sequence to the particularly cold room of her distracted singing. Melissa McCarthy is brilliant in this, showing her natural talent as an actress, and the fabulous Amy Adams! I think she has 2 lines in this, yet you do remember her. Well crafted and so, so funny! A quirky oddball of a comedy, but boy do I wish they made more films like it today.

I did not expect anything less of Christina. It's a beautiful movie. You can definitely see irony coming from the characters and the director's perspective from the beginning. It's not meant to be a literal love story between a princess and a retard, but a metaphor about an age-old problem facing us. No, it's not as romantic and believable as Titanic or as brutal about society as Cry Baby was, but that's the whole point of the movie : not being perfect. Nothing is ever just black or just white, which is why this story always kind of makes you wonder and shift between 'Are they for real?' and 'That's such a good point!'. I think we are so used to receiving one clear and obvious message from a movie that when something that makes you hesitate comes along it inevitably gets pushed down. I found this movie terribly refreshing from that point of view.If it weren't for the contradictory happy ending, I would definitely rate it as one of the best movies I have ever seen.

Movie starts out on a fairly even, believable keel and then subtly skews into some alternate universe. Believable, I guess due to the proliferation of chicks flicks, is the stereotype of the white girl with the 'perfect'life boyfriend etc whose greatest challenge in life is winning some sorority award. Unbelievable is the transition to self-discovery via a relationship that develops with a mentally challenged guy who does little more than stare at her initially. The girl's character fills in much of the formation of the relationship as though it were all happening in her head and the challenged character seems to comply and follow through independently. A key question is asked seemly innocently and then revisited at the movie's end "Caroline why does the moon ..change..?" Caroline asks in the end if pumpkin meant it literally or metaphorically to which he gives the audience's collective "What!?!?" reply. Not so much that the question is not understood but one is left wondering what that had to do with the overall message of the movie. It was as if to suggest that there be no real tangible reason why things happen the way they do.It is a touching movie, it is nice to believe that good things can happen to all people. I just think that the way it is told is a disservice to the audience.

This is the worst movie I have seen, and I'm a big movie buff. This is my first comment for movies, I felt obliged to write it. I have never seen anything worse than this. I mean, it is not just bad in a sense that it is boring, you can't finish watching it. It is so ridiculously bad, plot less and amateur that I had to watch and re-watch it. I highly recommend everyone to watch, just because it is so ridiculously bad. It starts off like one of those transformation movies - she is a shallow blond, who would be transformed by her experience with a mentally handicapped boy. That mentally handicapped boy falls in love with her, sleeps with her and K.O.'s her 6 foot plus boyfriend. The boyfriend, is so ashamed, goes on to drive off a 100 foot rock cliff, and survives, after his car explodes (!) in mid air. Not a scratch on him, not a burn mark, but he does break his back. Not to worry, he becomes the coach for the handicapped team in the end. This is so bad; you have to watch it to appreciate any other movie over this.