[shhrubbery!]

I think you mean "The Unbearable Lightness of Being." But whatever, you're right, it was an unbearable piece of Euro-cr@p.

Oddly there was a French import recently that I thought was good: "Look at Me" (French title, Comme une image). It was funny, real, and unpretentious. (Maybe that's why nobody besides me has ever heard of it.)

In your category 1: "Shakespeare in Love." Another overhyped heap of rubbish. Won lots of awards from fawning Hollywood types hoping to look high-brow.

I'm convinced that flick was a mere vehicle for Gwyneth Paltry-brain.

[dfwgator]

Oddly there was a French import recently that I thought was good: "Look at Me" (French title, Comme une image). It was funny, real, and unpretentious. (Maybe that's why nobody besides me has ever heard of it.)

Does it have that chick from "Amelie" in it?

[Borges]

'Shakespeare in Love' wasn't written by a Hollywood type but by Tom Stoppard. Who doesn't need any help to be high brow. It was a very witty and intelligent script.