Two hours I'll never get back

Rating: 2/10 (12 February 2005)

There probably is a lot of merit to this film, and most likely, profoundest acting skills are on show (in the theatre next door), but I always felt that a movie should grip throughout and just not suck me in at the beginning and hold me hostage to the hope of redeeming itself. The play is fine - I've seen it..... The movie is not fine - it's a play! There was the earnestness and overacting required to get across to an audience, which doesn't work well in close-up. The PC chat scene was, for me, the best part of the movie, as the monitor had real pathos! This was an honourable effort to bring a great story to more people, but some things simply do not transfer to the big screen. Bottom line, it fell between to many genre requirements, and left me not caring whilst praying for the credits, and, when they came, hoping there wasn't anything tagged on.