If you have already watched the trailer, congratulations, you have seen the best part.
Despite many people continually announcing how fantastic this film is, I found it confusing, pretentious and in some places downright ridiculous.
The basic premise is that six seemingly unrelated stories are told to us in parallel, slowly revealing how they are connected. AND I MEAN SLOWLY!!
Oh my god, this is three hours of my life I am never getting back! Tom Hanks wears a stupid nose, then a bald wig, then dresses in a potato shack, Halle Berry drives a VW beetle with a stupid 70s hairdo, then suddenly is in a white jumpsuit as an alien talking to Tom Hanks in the hessian sack. Then suddenly Halle Berry appears as the Caucasian wife of...................
I DON'T CARE!! I found few, if any characters to connect with, the make up in places is just shabby (seriously how obvious do fake noses and fake teeth have to be!) and one or two of the stories peaked my interest, but then you had to wait 30-40 minutes before going back to that part of the story.
Life is way too short to have to sit through pretentious crap like this. Maybe if I had read the book? No, then I would probably be complaining it wasn't as good as the book.
I so wish I had watched the re-runs of the Block All-Stars at home instead....................... at least then I would already know it was crap.
Don't waste your time or money.
1/2 an Orson, just because Hugo Weaving was in it, and I really liked the Asian girl's haircut.
