Title: Overhyped drivel.
Review: I'm a fan of all the actors -- but they're in overdrive in this movie: whiney, self-absorbed to the max, unbearably humorless and inarticulate. Penn especially is just ridiculous. I didn't buy him for a single second as a mathematician, nor did I believe -- or understand -- any of his motives. All these characters are just so selfish, they care only about their angst. This isn't a film about "motives" -- it's about agony, and all three stars give their most intense, oscar-vying performances, and yet -- it all amounts to a bunch of crap. Gee, your heart donor's wife just happens to look like Naomi Watts! What do you say! (They do their best to make her look drugged out...to no avail...) Now imagine if the guy's wife looked like Kathy Bates -- that would have been an interesting movie to watch, but nobody would care, because everything in this movie is superficial to begin with.
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