Oh dear. Throughout this film I caught myself shouting at the screen, in my head of course, "Hurry up!", "Pan that camera quicker!", "Say your line!". Every single scene was drawn out and piled tedium upon tedium. Once lengthy sequence is to show the change from rainy home to a sunny cruise, multiple shots of the outside of a drenched house, pans slowly to rain falling on a pond, then panning across the water it takes almost a minute to change to sunny seas.
It's all very arty, and looks lovely, but there's no characterisation. You simply cannot get involved with any of these characters, you're never shown anything more than a 2D cardboard image. With character interaction which is both dull and irritating, there's nothing that makes me feel any sympathy for these people. "Welcome Sympathy, may I show you the window now?".
I must say though, that Gillian Anderson is excellent, not once did I think about X-Files, and she pulls off her role excellently. Shame about Eric Stoltz though. Dan Ackroyd and Anthony LaPaglia are both very good and my score is no reflection on their performances.
It's all very arty, and looks lovely, but there's no characterisation. You simply cannot get involved with any of these characters, you're never shown anything more than a 2D cardboard image. With character interaction which is both dull and irritating, there's nothing that makes me feel any sympathy for these people. "Welcome Sympathy, may I show you the window now?".
I must say though, that Gillian Anderson is excellent, not once did I think about X-Files, and she pulls off her role excellently. Shame about Eric Stoltz though. Dan Ackroyd and Anthony LaPaglia are both very good and my score is no reflection on their performances.