Why an above average review? Because it may not be all that great, but at least it goes through the effort of trying. Say this for Richard Kelly, he's never boring.
If you've seen the commercials you know the basic premise. A woman is given a box with a button (lol), and if she presses the button she gets a million dollars and someone, somewhere in the world will die.
The movie is pretty fun for the first 45 minutes or so, and not just because it's a decent setup. It wouldn't be a Richard Kelly movie if there weren't a ton of shit going on. Some of it, like the accents and the generally bad acting of Cameron Diaz, are fun.
Once Diaz decides whether or not to push the button, it's as if we were transported into the script of Southland Tales. Kelly packs more shit into his movies than a Tijajuana whore does to her twat. Stuff is brought up, dropped, revisited, people fade in and out, tedious back story is given, all in the end very unnecessary to the final act of the film.
It isn't great, it may not even be all that good, but it's interesting to watch. It's set in the 1970's and as a period piece the sets and camera work are very good. It's enjoyable to look at even when it starts to meander.
It pretty much falls dead in the middle of Kellys other 2 works, borrowing the best and worst from both to produce a good idea riddled with too much shit.
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