Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I'd give it a zero if I could. Thank goodness I didn't rent this (saw it on TV). The bloatedly egotistical writer/director, who's way too in love with his Harvard degree, wasted a decent idea by creating one-dimensional characters and then casting with second-rate actors -- none of whom is a complex-enough/bright-enough person or skilled-enough actor to convince viewers that they're Harvard students or instructors -- who turned in one-dimensional performances. I can only imagine that he was jumping on the youth bandwagon and thus cast some of the names of the moment, but he would have done better had he gone with unknowns who are actually gifted. Utter waste of time; do not watch this.

Well, whoever gave this a high rating must also have been taking the home-made LSD that the main character took. I don't want to give the plot away because there may be people out there who wish to see this film - relatives of the actors for instance and ... nope that's about it. The main character twitches his way through this film but with no real evidence of why he is where he is - Harvard, with Sarah Michelle Geller as a girlfriend and lecturer as another. Just what they are supposed to see in him is a mystery to me since money, looks, intelligence and charm seems to be completely lacking.The plot line of needing money to help his parents seems so out of place for a self-centred student that is almost forgotten later in the film. Various characters seem to swing widely from one characteristic to another (watch out for the basketball playing friend moving from honourable wanting to do the best to gun-toting anger).At the end, not giving anything away but I really didn't care what happened to the main (or any other) character except to pray that no-one ever considered making a sequel. That's a couple of hours of my life wasted !

This movie is like a mix between Fear & Loathing and a Kevin Smith movie with an added touch of philosophy, and if you can believe it, muddled dialogue. Like many stories and movies a lot of the altercations between the characters seem a little too coincidental, and far from logically possible. The best part of the movie by far is the acid scene. I wouldn't rate this movie as low as some, and would stick it somewhere around the middle of the heap. Worth watching if you get the chance to catch it on TV, but don't go out of your way. Joey Adams performance is tired and forced. I did enjoy getting to see Rebecca Gayheart again though, haven't seen her since Earth 2.

The people who didn't like this movie were clearly expecting something different. Did the casting of SMG make them think it would be a brainless teen comedy? I can see why you'd be disappointed if you don't like movies that require you to think. James Toback is brilliant, and so is this movie.Definitely get it on DVD so you can listen to the director's commentary.This movie is about philosophy and self discovery, but it isn't preachy or trying too hard to be "deep". It is full of interesting, multi-dimensional characters.The visual techniques of the film are uniquely appropriate to the subject matter and emotional "feel" of the film.