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Strange
Just watch it for River Phoenixs performance.

Both very good... and very flawed
I bought the Criterion Collection DVD of this because I loved River Phoenix before it was a cliche.

Nevertheless, I saw this in the theater when it was first released, and my opinion hasn't changed: Phoenix is as good as you've heard and the film absolutely has it's moments--- many wonderful moments.

Then there's Keanu.

Who tried to marry this guy to Shakespeare? He's way out of his league with this kind of material. And these sections of the film, especially the group exchanges in the broken-down tenament house, seem badly edited, those conversations unclear in terms of point and plot--- and I've seen the movie countless times.

It's a shame Van Sant went down that road (the characters, specifically Keanu, breaking in and out of classical speech, which simply doesn't work), because there are many things about this picture that are really terrific... So view it with this in mind.

Skip it
This film tries too hard to be sublime and just ends up confusing and stupid. Don't bother.
Keanu Reeves has not improved much over the years, either.

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