TruthSpeaks The movie has an unintentionally ridiculous plot involving tri-sexual FBI agents, mobsters, a hot blonde philosophy professor, high stakes gambling, a natural disaster, and a cameo appearance by Al Franken. Interspersed with these things are characters tripping on drugs or philosophizing as college freshmen do, at great length.Leading man Adrian Grenier has gotten handsomer since he made this movie; he grew into his looks. He did a good job acting, especially considering how young he appears to be here and the oddness of the material.I was expecting the movie to be more offensive because the director has a reputation for doing unspeakable things to females in life, and given his other movies. This movie just appears to be a drug-fueled, delusional, freshman fantasy, but not as enjoyable as that sounds.The fact that this director was given several movies to direct after this, each more offensive than the next, is disturbing.Notes for the sensitive: The movie opens with footage from a sex scene and there are several more throughout. Plenty of drug usage too. Some people have commented on the oddness of the colors in the movie but I just saw it on Showtime and found those to be normal, except for the brown river water in Boston. Maybe the colors were corrected or maybe there are colors only some people can see, like dog whistles.

Michael This is one of my favorite films of all time. It has everything--an amazing cast, great screenplay, good camera work, comedy, action, suspense, drugs, and most importantly to me, intellectual value. Despite the plot having to do with LSD, FBI, and the Mafia, and despite Ray Allen being in the movie (though I did actually like his performance), this movie is basically about philosophy. If you have a background in philosophy, or if you just generally like thinking about existence, check it out. You won't be disappointed.It should be noted, though, that if you're looking for a typical drama, or teen comedy, or anything like that, you'll probably want to steer clear from this one. In order to enjoy it fully, you've gotta be ready for an adventure of the soul.

khristal23 I have owned this movie for quite some time, mainly because SMG is in it and I'm a big fan of BTVS, but I had never gotten around to watching it until last night. I have to say, I was pretty disappointed. I mean, I'm supposed to feel sorry for this guy? He's shamelessly sleeping with two women at the same time, and getting tripped out on LSD. What do I care if he gets out of his mess? He's not a good guy, in spite of the fact that the movie half-heartedly attempts to make him seem so, since he is trying to get money together for his parents to replace their home, which got blown away by a tornado. Here's a quick summary: This guy is going to Harvard, and plays basketball for them. He is sleeping with SMG's character, whose father is a big time mobster. He is also sleeping with Joey Lauren Adams' character, who happens to be one of his teachers. His parent's home gets blown away by a tornado. He wants to help them replace it, so he asks SMG to ask her father for the money. She says he can have the money if he promises to fix a basketball game that has been bet on, so even more money can be won. The FBI gets wind of this, and try to cause a lot of trouble for SMG and her father. They attempt to get this guy to turn them in. The FBI team (a boy and a girl who his other girlfriend happens to be having regular threesomes with) let his other girlfriend know what's going on, and she tries to get him out of it. While all this chaos is going on, this guy is totally tripped out on LSD, hearing voices, hallucinating, etc. Pretty ridiculous. So, basically, my main problem with this movie was that I didn't like any of these characters. None of them seemed like good people, like anyone that I would care much one way or the other what happened to them. No sympathy for anyone. So, I was actually sitting through the whole movie, hoping it would be over soon because I was tired of watching it. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The only good point: I thought Sarah Michelle Gellar did a good job with her part. She was very believable. I didn't think of her as Buffy once during this movie.

mooshki The people who didn't like this movie were clearly expecting something different. Did the casting of SMG make them think it would be a brainless teen comedy? I can see why you'd be disappointed if you don't like movies that require you to think. James Toback is brilliant, and so is this movie.Definitely get it on DVD so you can listen to the director's commentary.This movie is about philosophy and self discovery, but it isn't preachy or trying too hard to be "deep". It is full of interesting, multi-dimensional characters.The visual techniques of the film are uniquely appropriate to the subject matter and emotional "feel" of the film.