hyped garbage

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler (Fugit) has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.Boring slow movie.You won't care one bit about anyone in the film.And you'll care less about the story.The only good thing is that it's only a hour and 15 minutes.But the other side of that is it feels like 10 hours.It's moronic and idiotic.In short, it's a monumental fail.Sort of like boiled meat.

The main character is played by Patrick Fugit and he does a decent job. He is a nerd that makes little things or comes up with cool ideas. He writes a book about changing the world, but cannot find the ending. His book is taken and turned into something big that makes everyone around him think including a girl he likes. The story was pretty interesting and I did enjoy it front start to find. But there were scenes thrown in that left the film boring at points. There is an OK cast for the film and I will say that Matthew Lillard was very horrible in the film. His character was very strange he could just not play him right. This is a light teen movie comedy, but at least it has a better story line than most teen comedies you see. Most rely on horrible scenes or nudity. This movie was about teen life, but actually had an interesting story to go along with it. Not a bad film.

I found the movie highly peculiar. I think it pretty much sums up what people search for in life. We search for answers. In the movie we see a guy who has found all the answers, and he "claims" to be happy with the discovery, but we see it very well that he is the most miserable person on earth. But he has those answers that blow everyones mind, so... he has to know something.And than he figures it all out! Major spoiler people: there is NO theory!... The only thing you can do in your life is to enjoy it. I think thats what the movie tries to tell us. That despite of finding out the answers to all questions about being, Bickford was in pain. And when he found out he doesn't have to find out anything: he was truly happy, for the first time. Sex is not the answer, its just symbolizing joy, unconditional happiness. So thats why the movie makes sense.I gave it an 8 because despite how great its philosophy was, it wasn't really.. "fun", and Im not saying I missed funny things from it. It just lacks the things I would want from a movie to make me give it a 9 or a 10. But I loved Patrick Fugit in it, and Olivia Wilde was also remarkable, she is adorably crazy, and Fran Kranz is one of my favorite actors so it was nice to see him in the movie.

I loved this movie. Although my opinion is biased on the fact that I adore Patrick Fugit and would be pleased with anything he was cast in. I was greatly impressed by Olivia Wilde's performance on the big screen, as I had only seen her on a few episodes of The O.C. I found the theories in 'The Book' itself to be 'brain-gasmic' and quite thoughtful. Surly something I, myself, would have wanted to read if there were such a book published.I gave the movie and overall 8 because, although I was excited to see Patrick, the plot was slow and I wasn't quite satisfied with the ending of the film.