There were so many things that were supposed to offend me about this movie. What I did not expect was to be most offended by the poorly written dialogue. Apparently, I am in the minority, because it seems to be accepted wisdom that this film features some of the world's greatest writing.
Yes, the premise is quite interesting and I appreciate the investigation into the darker realms of humanity. But I cannot be the only person who feels that the dialogue was EXTREMELY unnatural and wooden.
The discussions were so overloaded with exposition that they no longer sounded like two people talking to each other, but rather sounded like the screenwriter giving us a lecture about his ideas. Maybe this would have made a good book, but as a movie it fell flat for me.
I never accepted the two main characters as anything but a mouthpiece for Labute to express some ideas. They never became living and breathing characters to me, and for that reason the film failed me.
I realize that other people love this film, but whatever other people saw in it, I did not.