Manufactured for oscars...

Rating: Null/10 (14 February 2004)

This movie although 'good' in some respects is obviously manufactured to win oscars this year (although it doesn't seem to have done a good job). It does not seem to be targetting any particular audience other than critics which if you ask me is the opposite of what a movie should be doing. Despite this, in parts it is actually pretty good, although it tries a little too hard to be powerful and dramatic. I found Kidman to be a great annoyance as her accent grinds on you for the whole movie and may be the worst attempt at an accent since Keanu Reeves in Bram Stokers Dracula.
All in all; very forgettable with no real reason to exist (apart from trying to win oscars).