gloria or ( 1999 ) star represent sharon stone and jeremy northam and jean luke figueroa and george c. scott and and bonnie bedelia direct by sidney lumet . write by steven antin . run time represent 108 minute . rat r ( for strong language and violence and and brief nudity ) . gloria be a movie of such horrible proportion it be tough explain in word the incredible ineffectiveness it present on screen . the movie be rob of almost all good quality . there be no substance and style and or creativity here . it all flat and contrived and and boring . the scene consist of nothing but talk head . gloria be easily one of the year worst movie and undoubtedly will place on many critic list of least liked production . the film opening be extremely week . we meet the title character and who be supposedly our hero and a she be be release from a harden prison on parole . a she cuss at security guard walk out dress a a cheap prostitute and this woman attitude and condition of live make u sick . the second part of the first act have a family kill at gunshot by a gang lead by a man name kevin ( jeremy northam ) and who murder these people because they withhold a computer disk contain information that could put every member in prison . before the family demise and however and the man of the house give the valuable disk to his son and nicky . a good movie usually begin with the introduction of it main character after the development . after the first act setup and the character moral and intention should be clear . gloria take none of these preparation . the audience never become accustomed to any of the character thus we could not care less about what happen to them . this be especially true for the nicky character and who be only a plot device . he have no interest and intelligence and important line and or memorable scene . the story conflict revolve around gloria adopt nicky after kevin threaten to kill both of them in order to recover the secret disk . throughout the plot and the character chase each other like a cat and mouse and with several key event lead the film direction in the wrong way . the conflict introduction with some proper material be good although begin a little straight forward and seem jump start . the movie contain good structure throughout . the film feature dialogue that be so straight forward and non descriptive and and the subtext be so blandly dumb and it be literally unbelievable . the conversation have no impact or meaning . they be just there and contribute nothing to the story . when gloria exchange consultation with nicky and she talk to him like an object . this be exactly why the two character share no charisma . the performance be wooden and uninspiring . what be sharon stone do in this picture . movie like these be way under her league . none of the character be believable or interesting . compare the young actor jean luke figueroa with the much more talented haley joel osment from the sixth sense . there be no emotional context here and nor be there any depth and energy and or involvement . the picture do not take any of the character and situation and or action seriously . i never once believe a character life be at stake . not much happens in the film and create struggle for the advertiser and producer . anyone like well know sharon stone may draw some audience in and but before long word of mouth should sink good old gloria faster than the titanic . bring to you by columbia picture .