joins a list of big films that are bad beyond belief

Rating: 1/10 (26 July 2004)

minghella has hit a home run, along with shyamala all his films are turkeys.
they are expensively mounted star studded affairs but they are all still bad. how could this get nominated for Oscars the script is dire, the acting by jude law and nicole kidman is even worse, only rene zellwegger, brendan gleason and jack white are watchable. its direction is turgid, every frame saying look at what an important film this is, which of course it is not. crap philosophying, and cod psychology. there has always been a tradition of ponderous, boring filmmakers, george stevens and otto preminger come to mind, new names to this tradition of self important and "grand" directors include sam mendes, bertolucci, and quite a few other British and europeans. its amazing how critics get fooled by the names and really do not see whats on screen..avoid at all costs