Lacking in originality

Rating: 4/10 (29 October 2010)

This film was well shot, directed and acted but it lacks originality. Surely a film such as this should engage the audience and prompt them to think something new? How many films have we seen where someone tries to define themselves against their upbringing and or their society? This film does, as all reasonable films should, ask questions but it doesn't offer another way forward. Watch it and ask yourself this; if it weren't a true story would it have been as successful? If yes then it has something to offer but if you can honestly say no then it might just be another victim of hype.
It is a typically reasonable cinematographic representation of a book but doesn't go any further than that â€“ disappointing considering its potential.