I could've overlooked the horrible screenplay/lackluster direction (not a bad look to the film overall though, superficially), but the constant barrage of American arrogance was so incredibly grating that it killed any potential this film might have had otherwise - it's shoved down your throat at every opportunity. The development of the plot is horrendous, lacking any basis in reality at all. Wear thick gloves.

I absolutely LOVED the scenes between Hammond and Ellen! A visceral film and what a hilarious (yet ruthless) performance by James Mason!

About as cliched as a film can get. Congratulations, Ben, you've outdone yourself.

There's a lot of talk of characters telling the audience what we should be thinking about other characters, but why can't some subtlety be employed instead of having characters order our emotions around? Technically fine, adequately acted, poorly written, illogically constructed, and in the end, empty of all feeling. What's this film about? Oh wait, the characters already told us. Fincher's own "Art for Dummies."

Meh, it was alright. Flashy with the subtlety of a sledgehammer - all of that I could excuse, but do we really need hyper-realistic noirspeak as well? And to top it all, there's self-aware high school dramatics going on ... not my cup of tea. Separately, these elements can work, but thrown together with no attention paid to flow or dynamics - it just doesn't work ... for me, at least.

One of the most self-indulgent films I've seen in a very long time ... but I loved it! C'mon, no one can honestly say a little self-indulgence isn't good for the soul ...

It's a bit too heavy-handed for my tastes, but there's potential for the directors - but on another film, not this one. The music was pretty typical and the story doesn't really go anywhere. I know it's a short, but some of the more 'controversial' scenes could've been trimmed and a little more character development could've been put into it. Not a terrible short and there are brief glimpses of talent.

Surprisingly good film. John Hurt plays his sniveling, selfish character PERFECTLY, capturing every pathetic attribute masterfully. Attenborrough, just as deftly, portrays the introverted, yet cunning, Christie in all his narcissistic ways - neither character is especially likable in any way. Fleischer, despite a very inconsistent career, had this ability to churn out occasional GREAT films. This is one of them.

Its heart was in the right place, but it never really "committed" to the violence. The tension was taut in places, but some potentially interesting characters were completely wasted. Well acted for the most part, interesting direction, poorly paced, empty, ineffective ending.

Crumb depicts one of the most fucked up families I've seen in quite a while - and I mean that in the most loving way possible. Great film.

It's the best "Kafka" film not based (entirely at least, there is, of course, a definite influence) on a Kafka story. If this was Gilliam's ONLY film, he would still be one of the most visionary filmmakers of the 20th Century. In fact, this is the only film in Gilliam's filmography that I would say is perfect. Banal? Boring? Well, for me, it works like a charm.