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AWFUL!!!
GraffitiMonkey from ,
27th April, 2007
I was hoping for a lot from this film , but it really is awful. The acting is almost universally bad, but Clive Owen must get a special mention for once again proving to have the acting ability and personality of a sideboard. The birth scene in particular had me laughing out loud he was so bad! The actors aren't helped anyway by the awful dialogue, it's so unconvincing and cliched. Also, at various points in the film a character will suddenly just break into a long speech about something we need to know - this is totally unconvincing, people don't do this in the real world!! A mention must also go to the music for bringing the film down further - in keeping with the worn out 60s idealism attempting to be portrayed here, we get various folksy ballads playing away. For example, Michael Caine is hamming it up as a long haired hippy in the woods, and his wife is in some sort of comatose state (we don't even know why!) and they play Ruby Tuesday when we see her. This would have been pretty laughable anyway if it happened just the once and it was the original Marianne Faithful version, but it plays every time we see her and it's an awful cover version - it just makes you cringe! The only break from the hippy stuff is when the film gets to a moment which is supposed to be poignant, and then, so that we know we're supposed to feel moved, we get a sad piece of opera - how original! Really, this film is a half-decent idea let down by poor script, poor acting, and poor execution - i've seen episodes of Doctor Who that are more convincing and moving! It's unbelievable that this tired mess is from the same director who brought us the fresh and original Y Tu Mama Tambien. Don't waste your time with it!
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