Cloud 0.9

Rating: 3/10 (17 November 2012)

The directors' intentions were good regarding this movie, I suppose, but by giving this Orlando- esque story a Matrix-like sweep and tone, and choosing A- list actors to head the cast and also do double, triple , quadruple duty they fail the narrative at the expense of shiny special effects and affected, predictable prestations on the part of most of the actors. Tom Hanks could learn a thing or two about multiple character tour de forces from the Alec Guinness of " Kind Hearts and Coronets" ( e.g: Hanks' Cockney is awful and cringe-worthy), and Hally Berry is very pretty. Doona Bae is most effective, as are Ben Whishaw, David Gyasi, James D' Arcy and Hugh Grant. Unfortunately, they get swept up in the movie's clunkiness and hackneyed storytelling. I suspect the book is quite good. Too bad it got the Treatment.