Dismal with "dismal" inscribed on it in filigree.

Rating: 1/10 (20 November 2014)

Reviewer Ketzer said (and I've only read this since I came back) "Should your cinema be graceful and insert a break, USE IT, get out, the rest of this thing will seem to last 7 years." and boy was he right. Fortunately my cinema did insert a break, and while I'm home writing this a bunch of poor souls are still suffering.
I thought the tedious preamble to the film went on too long, wishing we could get on to the interesting bits. Little did I realise that the tedious preamble *was* the interesting bit!
The "story" and "characters" were so unengaging that when (as was bound to happen) one of them expired, I looked at the remaining ones, and couldn't figure out who'd gone.
Some people giving one star reviews have said they've done it to balance up the over-puffed 9s and 10s. I don't. This is a 1 star film.
It is abysmal. It is truly abysmal.