Half-Assed Internet Research
The original Warner Bros. promotional website remains online, and period criticism focused partly on product placement.
In the discussion (3)
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- The 1998 Warner Brothers promotional website still existed at review time and opened with an AOL intro into the movie's original marketing. — Juliet Litman
- The panel wonders how audiences found a film URL before modern search and notes that building such a site would have been a substantial period marketing project. — Juliet Litman
- Contemporary critics were described as harsh on the movie, with some objecting to its AOL and Starbucks product placement. — Amanda Dobbins