Good premise - poorly executed

Rating: 5/10 (12 February 2011)

When I first read about this film, I liked what it was saying, I liked the direction and I liked the bigger picture of the dream of ordinary people.
There are some great lines, great moments, great scenes but it does not hold together greatly, in fact it is rather badly held together at all.
To me, it felt piecemeal, it did not come together anywhere near as well as it could have done.
I felt it deserved the low score because it easily had the potential to become a great film and even with some possible cult status later on. However the passion was not there to do it. It feels more like a money spinner with some up and coming names, a great idea and an old veteran who could do and has done a lot better.
I really wanted to enjoy and want more from this film. The fact was, I did want more, but only because it was lacking in so many areas, and not for the great feature it so easily could have been