Ho Hum

Rating: 6/10 (17 April 2006)

Honestly I really don't understand what the hype is about this film. I went in with the best of intentions and came out truly disappointed. What I was left with was a mediocre story that tried to be more than what it was. Mediocre acting as well as dialog. Noting really special about this other than it featured two straight actors playing homosexuals and quite unsuccessfully at that. Anne Hathaway gave a nice performance and the scenery was beautiful, but as far as Oscar worthy anything this definitely wasn't it. Heath Ledger struggled with his dialect and for me his performance was lifeless and dead. He left me wishing that they had cast a more vibrant actor to the role who could truly convey the pain and confliction that his character was going through but that didn't happen and the rest of the film didn't really give much to hold anyones attention. Boring and slow. Not worth it.