Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

ascott-19 Despite having an all-star cast, this is one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. The acting is terrible and the dialog is almost as bad. Sean Penn's performance almost made me wince with empathy for a good actor doing his worst performance. Kevin Spacey and Meg Ryan tried hard with the material, but they couldn't resurrect the script. I don't know if the real problem was the acting or the script or the director, but it all added up to a waste of time. I see that the other reviewer thought it was a great movie. Either tastes are really different or someone is doing some promotion. I rate this movie better than a made-for-TV-movie (barely). My wife gave up and went to bed. To give you a reading on my tastes, I agree with Ebert and Roeper ~80% of the time.

hengir There are lots of things to like about this. The constant stream of verbiage is great, a continuous barrage of words that almost make you want to run for cover. Like the people in the film, very entertaining for a couple of hours but you wouldn't want to spend your life with them. The texture of the film is dream like, as if the whole world was drugged up and though the camera doesn't move much from the main characters' house it all feels disjointed and not quite real.Then there is the acting. Sean Penn is the stand out. You can enter into his confusion, his needs, his despair and his fractured humanity. Kevin Spacey's role's comparative normality is well done too. He is a charming surface with a vacuum underneath. Chazz Palminteri is also great, never putting a rational thought together, scary and vulnerable at the same time.It is an actor's piece and all of them give a good account of themselves. Having seen the film one wouldn't mind seeing it on stage. It seems to need a live audience. As for what 'Hurly Burly' is really "about", well it was beyond me.

whpratt1 After viewing this picture, I became a big fan of Sean Penn,(Eddie),"The Interpreter",'05, who showed his great acting abilities in playing a very hard role to portray on the screen. Meg Ryan,(Bonnie),"In The Cut",'03, played the role of a dippy blonde who would do anything for Eddie and I mean anything. Robin Wright Penn,(Darlene),"Nine Lives",'05 had the hots for Eddie and Eddie had a ball making love to her quite often during the film. Well, after all, they are husband and wife. Garry Shandling,(Artie),"Town & Country",'01 make a few brief appearances and tried to add some humor to his role, which was so so. This is a very strange story, but is really down to earth and has a cast of great actors who did a fantastic job of presenting way out people all mixed up and high on DRUGS!

dboldiszar **Some spoilers**I can't believe that this garbage still gets viewing seven years after the fact. This thing had a great cast, and absolutely the worst story, dialog, etc. Typical late 90s trendy artsy "if you don't get this, you're just a Philistine" garbage. A rating of one is actually too high. I wanted to put this at about a negative 2, but the folks at IMDb have to draw the line somewhere, I suppose. I saw this movie with a guy who worships David Lynch, and he HATED this movie. If that doesn't tell you something, nothing will. This piece of garbage would occupy 2 slots on my worst movie list, and I'm stupid for having paid money to see it.Advice: If anyone arrives at your doorstep with this turd, and says "Hey, I've got a great movie to watch" :1. Inform the person you have to spend the next two hours cleaning your toilet (more productive) or you've got a kidney stone to pass (more pleasurable). 2. Inform said person that if they were truly a friend, they would never have brought this movie in the first place. 3. Tell same friend to return the movie, demand his money back, and seek professional counseling the next day. If you need to watch the messed up, drug-laden lives of others, THEN YOU NEED HELP. 4. Promptly close the door on the former friend, and go back to what you were doing, content with the knowledge that anything...yes even passing a kidney stone...is more enjoyable than watching Hurly Burly.