Bad Script, Poor Set Design, Any Director Would Do

Rating: 3/10 (17 July 2005)

Pretty lame script and Depp kept taking me "out" of the picture because he was so...so...Johnny Depp weird!
And the set design inside the factory was just awful -- very much "Wizard of Oz" sound-stage -- and that was 70 years ago! Poor lighting, too.
And I think ANY director could have put this picture through its pacings -- even the audience (in NYC) was restless. You could tell we all wanted to enjoy ourselves, but it just went on and on and on, one poorly stages scene after the other.
And the word play and jokes? Fell on dead ears, as the saying goes.
With all the talent, and the wonderful story, this one really missed it.