Outstanding movie, but I could see how many people wouldn't like this movie. I am always questioning life and meaning, so this movie spoke to me. The movie is a metaphor and mouthpiece for different philosophies. The movie manages to be entertaining and light without compromising the depth of the topics. I appreciate that, since this movie easily could have gone the way of "Waking Life", which had similar aspirations, but was way too pretentious.

A fine look into the meaning of life.

This is brilliant in many ways. But it's not for everyone. Between the nothingness and everythingness this creates somethingness and lets the characters play with it. very creative cinematics and plot.

So damn funny with a cast to die for.

Spends too long to get to the point. Often feels like a joke without a punchline. Still....

It's easy to pick on this film. Its clearly making far too much of an attempt to be as philosophical as possible. True it comes accross as film that is far too much up its own arse, but none the less I always enjoy it. Funny, quirky and endearing even with its flaws, it just about gets its message accross. Even Jude Law puts in a good enough performance for me not to want to kick him in the nuts. Enjoyable, if you don't take it seriously.

Too self-consciously "intelligent" and deliberately quirky, but enjoyable anyway.

I thought this was pretentious and little else, but many people I respect seem to like this film and I may give it another viewing some day.

I liked the idea of this film and the way that it punctures some of the pomposity surrounding philosophy. However, nice ideas do not necessarily good films make, and there wasn't enough here to carry the whole film. I can also see how this would polarise opinion, given the subject matter. The dinner scene was a real winner for me, but its not difficult to imagine that this would be too close to home for a large section of the (US) audience. And Wahlberg's intolerant turn stood out for me.