could have been better.

Rating: 6/10 (25 November 2007)

This was a flawed film that seemed to want to say more than it was capable of delivering, it had all the dressing of a more thoughtfull indie film but none of the substance. It had many plot holes which other reviewers have detailed. The actors all deliver good performances but Robert Carlyle was wasted as the dad and they should have used excellent character actors more like Idris Elba (better known as Stringer Bell from h.b.o's the wire). The director went overboard to ram home the war references a bit but it had nothing new to add or say on the subject. The camera lingered a bit too long on the beautiful young girls face a bit too long making me think of a perfume advert.