What a waste of time, money, talent

Rating: 1/10 (4 July 2006)

I've been in love with Julie Christie since I saw 'Far from the madding crowd' as an impressionable teenager so I was looking forward to this. But what a let-down. First, the Overture. Goodness me, it goes on and on and on and on.... Just what is the point of this nonsense? It's not supposed to be a musical is it, and there are certainly no memorable musical themes in it. So, it's fast-forward time. But it gets worse. Much worse. Sheer tedium.
The lovely Julie Christie is as beautiful as ever, but her character is unattractive. She, and the rest of the cast too, (especially Rod Steiger), are wasted on this stuff. To be honest, I didn't make it past the intermission. Apparently there's a second disc in this set, but you are too long dead to waste any more time on this.