Dedication (4 out of 10)

Well isn't this an annoying film. One of those rare theatrical experience when you want to crawl out of your seat. Actor/Director Justin Theroux has given us...not much at all. I guess he is primarily to blame (because he is the one that cast the thing) but he must share de-gratulations with the horribly miscast Billy Crudup. Crudups performance in this film is a true mess. He is entirely unbelievable as the neurotic sociopath Henry Roth. He never fills the writing or the character and it is not only his fault, but also Theroux's. If it weren't for Dianne Weist, Mandy Moore and Bob Balaban, this film would be unwatchable. It's just so stupid. By the way, Tom Wilkenson is miscast also, to tepid results. This is the type of film where I sit in the audience - bored - and wonder how they ever got the money to make this thing? Or how the programming committee can say with a straight face that stars have nothing whatsoever to do with whether a film is shown here or not. It is infuriating. It is not worth the money you paid for your ticket. And what you paid for is to be assaulted by not only a bad script with a bad lead but also with one of the loudest, most annoying soundtracks ever. EVER! Please don't let this guy behind the camera - ever again. And the formulaic and ridiculous script. Let's not forget that. Don't waste your time. Don't waste your money. - Brahman