the story is very predictable...

Rating: 2/10 (13 June 2002)

Set during WWII on a Greek island, a small town doctor (Hurt) is training his beautiful daughter (Cruz), to become a doctor as well. Cruz is in love with a local fisherman (Bale) and wishes to marry him against her fathers will. Then the war comes to the island and Bale decides to head out to fight the Italians and the Germans. Before he leaves he engages to Cruz. The island then gets occupied by the German allies, the Italian. This is were Captain Corelli arrives (Cage) with his mandolin, and falls in love with Cruz. From here on the story is very predictable and the script is terrible. Adding to a bunch of clichees and ludicrous lines, comes Cage's horrible accent and his awful character makes it hard to believe that anyone would fall in love with him. At times I thought it all was attended to be a comedy, but apparently not, and I found this film to be boring and little giving. Rating; 1 point for depicting the Greeks history during WWII and the magnificent scenery, and 1 point for Bale and Hurt, whom with a terrible script, struggled their way through the film and came out fairly decent in the end. 2/10