Well-acted but too too stylized

Rating: 6/10 (14 September 2001)

The acting was good (Blanchett) to wonderful (Rush), but I felt the presentation was too "artsy;" too many heavenly choirs in the background, fuzzy-focus scenes, eerie music, and other indicators that the filmmakers thought they had to underline every point in case we didn't "get it." Just a straight telling of the story would have been better.