A Perfect Example of How Critics Reviews Do Not Represent The Majority of Viewers

Rating: 1/10 (28 January 2006)

This is yet another film that the average moviegoer will leave feeling bewildered disappointed. I went because just about every critic and review raved about the film.
Simply stated, its awful. I was expected at the very least a story of starcrossed lovers. Utterly slow moving, which didn't really matter in the end because it wasn't going anywhere, anyway. The first half of the movie is completely scenery with little dialog at all. I have to admit, I was praying the film would be discrete about any romantic scenes and to my horror they more resembled a violent prison rape scene which would make the likes of RuPaul blush and feel awkward. The film makes the same mistake that many do these days. They try to make the audience have some emotional reaction to the film by making it depressingly melancholy.
This movie Falls into the category of films critics seem to love, but everyone else hates. Add this to the list which now includes, The English Patient and Lost in Translation.