Forbidden Love...How many ways can you tell it.

Rating: 6/10 (22 January 2006)

First of all the acting in this is very good. Especially Heath Ledger. He did a fantastic job.
However the storyline is a bit trite. It is after all, a story about two people making a connection and then facing a situation where they cannot keep it going...i.e. "Forbidden Love." It's been told numerous times before and in my opinion the story is here does not present it any new or novel way. I think "Lost in Translation" was a more clever way of showing the same thing. The metaphor is not that complex and I think it is more a function of the writing and overall story rather than anything else.