Unconvincing

Rating: 6/10 (28 December 2003)

Lush cinematography, impressive costuming, superb cast -- yet unconvincing. Could not escape the feeling that I was watching fine actors dress up, use accents they weren't very good at, and pretend to be characters they weren't well suited to play. I constantly found myself watching Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renee Zellwegger, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, etc., etc., rather than the characters they were portraying. On the whole, unconvincing and unsatisfying.