I saw Roman Polanski's "The Ninth Gate." It is literate, well-acted (Johnny Depp is deserves note as a soulless rare book dealer) and ultimately, pointless. It is a devil movie with no devil. The payoff is nonexistent. Avoid.
I also saw the first 20 minutes of "The Whole Nine Yards." Matthew Perry has been chowing down on the Hostess snack cakes, so now, his bug-eyed "Who me?" schtick lacks timing. There was not a laugh in the first 20 minutes. In fact, the film seemed to be anti-funny, so, like a horse with a broken leg, it was put out of my misery.
