A pretty waste of time

Rating: 3/10 (18 February 2002)

I learned last night what WWII was all about. The losers would have to use the winner's bad accents. Nicholas Cage, a performer I usually enjoy, was wasted. Penelope Cruz could not act her way out of a paper bag and the movie was at least 1/2 hour too long. The only upside is that it is beautifully photographed, the island shots are lovely. The plot though is nonsensical, the love story unpersuasive and in all a total yawner.