If you are the kind of person who was impressed by Boogie Nights, Fight Club, Seven or Natural Born Killers then you will probably be impressed by this film. If you thought that any of those films "broke new ground" or "was not like anything I've seen before" then you will probably like this film. It's kind of sad that so many people mistake quick cut, in your face images for depth. Now don't think that I was disgusted by the images in this film and that's why I didn't like it. Likewise, don't dismiss this as "he just didn't GET it". That didn't work for Fight Club and it doesn't work here. The problem is that this is a film that stirs strong feelings in people. Whether these feelings are positive or negative is not important. Look past that initial shock, repulsion or surprise and see that this film follows the most standard of diagrams for making a 'disturbing' movie. And yes, a lot of the film does look really good but so does your average car/deodorant/.com commercial on tv. There is nothing wrong with you liking this movie for your own reasons, just don't try and tell me that it's anything new or ground breaking.
Reviews
2 Reviews
Life in the Fast Lane
(1998)
It's not THAT bad...
24 November 2000
This is by no means a great film, but I don't think that it's nearly as bad as the other reviews posted about it. It's a simple little movie with a couple of funny scenes. Fairuza Balk does a good job with the material she was given. As always I enjoyed Jeffrey Jones and I really liked Noah Taylor who I don't believe I've seen before. I did feel that Tea Leoni was wasted though, she can be very funny and she should have had better scenes.
I watched it last night and enjoyed it. It's as simple as that.
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I watched it last night and enjoyed it. It's as simple as that.
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