I wanted to see this movie until I saw the ratings
It looked interesting and thought provoking, a weeper. But the ratings are so low!
shareReally? You're going to base your opinion of this film based on the opinions of morons that overpraise utterly useless and pointless crap like Boyhood??
shareYou are a hateful republican !
shareNot to highjack the topic, but I'm not a republican and I watched Boyhood and thought the movie was pointless. While I thought the idea to have the cast age naturally over a 12 year period was interesting and actually nice to see, it was horribly forgettable. It was just an average dysfunctional family over the span of 12 years. I bet if they removed the fabulous marketing gimmick of filming over 12 years and told the same story by using make-up to age the adults and different actors to represent the kids as they grew older nobody would even remember the film.
I digress, back to the OP's comment... don't judge a movie by the IMDB rating. It used to be a good indicator of film quality, but more and more it is simply a reflection of the individual rater's prejudices (i.e. pro-war/antiwar; republican/democrat; pro-life/pro-abortion; racial bias; gender bias; and the list goes on and on).
So many people rating on IMDB haven't even seen a film before rating. Instead they rate based upon the trailer or even the actors. See it, you may love it (or hate it) but at least that will be your opinion and not the opinion of people who are sitting in their underwear eating Cheetos (or wishing they had Cheetos, like me).