The Back-story ruined by Cartoon Tailor

Rating: Null/10 (24 September 2003)

I saw this recently on DVD and unfortunately liked the documentary more. The movie was just too long and a lot of good concepts got washed away with bad art direction. The story looked cartoony... the costuming served not the reality but the fantasy of the story, and believe me the violence, which is very real, juxtaposed these little "art directions" to no greater purpose. The characters were drawn out and given blood only to have them put into a cartoon fantasy which ruined the foundations of the back-story for me.
The acting was good, but I didn't find any stand outs - maybe because I kept trying to talk them out of their choice of cartoon tailor. The Art Direction which obviously had a lot of time and money devoted to it was a real let down for me with this one.