jbecknell The director of U2's Rattle and Hum video, makes a great effort at a semi-autobiographical story. I'm not sure how much is from Phil Jouano's real life, but the impression is that Jake Walsh (dorff) is Juoanu. I liked this film so much, I added it to my personal collection, and watch it with friends often. Though it wasn't a big hit, it gets my vote as a short time in the life of a movie director in a rock and roll lifestyle spiraling down kind of thing. Good soundtrack too. But the talking cat is what made the movie for me. Any movie with a talking and smoking cat rules!!

eshearin I love Steven Dorff, I love U2, and I love this movie! The camera work, the dialogue and the cinematography all make me wish I could write half this well. Joanou has really struck cinematic gold with this one, I can't imagine why it didn't do better at the box office. Independents, go figure.

zlduffy If you're looking for a film that exists entirely in the reality of the daily world as most people know it, than perhaps you won't appreciate this film. But if you're looking for a film whose main character is as neurotic as you imagine yourself to be, and who follows those bad instincts you always wish you would, that this will be a fun movie for you. Stephen Dorff is wonderful in this movie, although at times he sounds like he's trying to be Christian Slater, there are certain echoes of Woody Allen in an "Annie Hall" kind of way. Phillip Joanou makes some very inventive decisions, often breaking reality, and allowing Dorff's character Jake, to tell the story solely from his own perspective. Is it the most original movie in the world? No, but it has U2, in fact Bono plays a prominent role at times, and it takes place in New York, LA, Las Vegas, and Paris, so you know it has to be hip.

boneal01 OK, so I think some people have every right to dislike this movie- it's silly, it's predictable, and it doesn't really have what I would call a hook. But I really enjoyed. Maybe because it just doesn't mirror what I expect from this genre of movie- or maybe because Stephen Dorff is more interesting every time I see another movie with him in it.. Remember "The Power Of One"? I gave this movie an 8 because I wasn't expecting to like the movie at all when I rented it, but it surprised me by not being what I expected at all (while still fulfilling every predictable aspect of a romantic comedy in the 90's)... Rent it only if you also rent a movie you know you will like.