Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

smatysia At first, I was annoyed with Phil Joanu's direction of this film. I thought "Oh, no" when I first saw the narration style breaking the fourth wall, used as a framing device. But it sort of grew on me. Don't get me wrong, there were still times when it was badly overdone, such as the cat scene, but overall it actually worked. Stephen Dorff pulled off the role of an annoying film director of extremely average appearance, who yet has beautiful women throwing themselves at him. (Nice fantasy) I thought Judith Godreche was very good, and very pretty. And special kudos to Kelly MacDonald in a medium-to-small part. I ended up liking the film, when I very much did not expect to.

rthibes Here is an underrated movie that only some U2 fans had the opportunity to watch. It is a kind of autobiography of the director Phil Joanou, a great video director who had some success with U2 videos like "One" or "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses", but never had the same luck in the movies. "Three O'Clock High" is a very funny, "U2 - Rattle and Hum" is pretty cool, but that's all he made. When he went to big studios to direct Hollywood stars, he lost control. That's what "Entropy" is all about. Joanou finds himself in Stephen Dorff's character, and adds romance to the story. Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam, from U2, act like themselves and are the angels that guide Dorff through his mysterious ways. Dorff does a very good job, and the supporting cast has nice surprises like Lauren Holly, Kelly McDonald and Hector Elizondo. If you're an U2 fan, if you like Phil Joanou and Stephen Dorff and if you like movies that talk about movies, don't lose this one. You'll be surprised.

kate545 Obviously, director/writer Joanou thinks the events depicted in Entropy are world-class crazy. Personally, I've had crazier weekends.Married someone you didn't know in Vegas? Trite. Get caught getting a blow job on a plane? You know the response. Losing your girlfriend because of your brain-dead reaction to her pregnancy? Hardly the first time. Climb out of a window to escape? Who hasn't done it?Secondly, don't you get the feeling poor old Jake sees himself as the victim all the way through?Joanou seems to be so literal about some things in his story when he shouldn't have been and glosses over the things he should be deadly truthful about, such as his relationship with Stella.At the beginning I wonder why Stella is interested in him unless, of course... and she does reveal she knows he is directing a film in their first meeting. Ah, but no, her original love-at-first-sight motive is left to stand.And even in the end, am I supposed to think Stella hasn't found anyone else(presumably because Jake can't be replaced), that they are truly star-crossed lovers, doomed to live on opposite sides of the Atlantic because of something weird and un-translatable in Stella's brain?

cornfedthedog I watched ten minutes and forced myself to stop. I had so much hate for those who created and funded this movie, and I was afraid I would take it out on nearby innocent people who were not supporting the dissemination of this film. The script is horrible; while I cannot quote the dialogue specifically (mind clouded by hate and all), I remember cringing from the first line onward. And then there is the narrative style- which I think works when the character is extremely likable (Ferris Bueller) or extremely verbal (High Fidelity), but just does not go over so well when the main character is just self-obsessed and painfully annoying. I also saw the coffee shop scene, and agonized over what was causing me to poke at my eyes with a fork- was it the inane dialogue or the lifeless acting of that woman? Perhaps I will never be sure. I turned the TV off right after Dorff turns to the camera during their `love' scene, as it was the straw that broke the camel's back, and I think my remote control when I threw it at the television. Maybe it gets better.maybe it starts over after ten minutes? I only hope that there is a reason for other people liking this film. I love Bono as much as the next guy, but neither God nor Bono could save the soul of the writer/director responsible for this abomination.