Stuart Townsend really deserves a great film to get his career going but this wasn't it. The story is decent but the editing was too stagy to make me really follow the story well and the directing was just juvenile enough so that I was unable to suspend my disbelief and really care about the characters. Charlize Theron puts in a good performance and Penelope Cruz is acceptable but the whole thing feels more like a made-for-TV potboiler and the ending leaves much to be desired. Most of the problem is that the sets aren't that great so that one expects to see the backdrop fall down, the street scenes look so "backlot" that you want to cry. Townsend, however, gives a great performance and if he can get a good plot and good direction, will probably go far (we hope).
Review of Head in the Clouds
