Daniel 1, Leo 0.

Rating: Null/10 (19 January 2003)

It struck me that this film was mainly aimed at the US audience so that they could have a claim to their roots (ie. people arriving in New York). In that aspect it was a bit disappointing, although entertaining none the less. If that was the case I was surprised to see so many British actors in the film.
As far as the acting is concerned I don't think that Leonardo or Cameron Diaz are nothing more than good looking people. They are not actors in my opinion as when you look at them you do not see the characters they are trying to portray, you see Leonardo and Cameron in a different dress / suit putting on a different accent. Additionally I think that Leonardo was not 'rough' enough for this particular character.
Jim Broadbent, Daniel Day Lewis et. al. were fantastic and portrayed characters well to such an extent that you forgot who the actor was and thought only of the character. A sign of good acting in my opinion.