Major Disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (13 October 2006)

The 4 I give this is because there is some good camera work & photography in this. The problem is too much license was taken from realism with the story. The sex sequences are absurd considering the historic era the film was staged in (the Civil War). Nicole Kidman isn't even given enough script to work with but there is no surprise with this considering the writers could not even get the history right.
Anyone somewhat knowing of the era would consider some of the out door sequences to be absurd. Things are done which are totally out of context or totally out of sequence.
The scenery is the films strong point, the rest of it is a pretty lame effort. The film tries to make up for script weakness with scenery and length but the extra length does not really help either. Think a better script was deserved by all those involved.