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Yet another film about someone whose life goes crashing down around her. There are too many films like this to count.
Generally, if you make a movie with a standard plotline that's identical to many other films, you try to differentiate it by changing some of the events that happen, or at least, change the driving forces behind the story. You try to make it interesting by doing something different than what's come before. Unfortunately, nothing sets this movie apart from any other exactly like it. Very disappointing, especially in light of a film I also saw at the SlamDance Film Festival at the same time, Every Dog Has His Day.
Everyone's making a big deal about the use of America Online, and how computers aren't evil in this film. I'd rather talk about the premise of this film being that big businesses force the smaller ones out of existence through predatory practices, and yet they choose to have Starbucks prominently portrayed and specifically mentioned in the dialog as a wonderful place to go define yourself as an individual by the coffee you choose to drink. Paging Doctor Irony, Doctor Big Fat Irony! Better call for a consult with Doctor Hypocracy, while you're at it.
I also found the ending a little too forceably contrived, which dissappointed me overall. It's no Joe VS the Volcano, nor is it another Sleepless in Seattle. Sorry people, but this is a wait for rental kind of movie.
Nothing to spoil here. Don't bother watching.
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