So bad that you won't believe what you see

Rating: 1/10 (3 November 1998)

This movie is probably one of the most boring movies ever made. I went and saw this movie because the romantic trailer and its sublime music had made me enthusiast. Alas ! The music actually came from "The Last of the Mohicans" and the real soundtrack proved to be horribly bad. But it is nothing compared to the movie. Before watching it, you had better know that everything is bad in this movie : the actors play so bad that it is hardly believable that the producer did not sue them. Brad Pitt plays as if he was starring in a Levi's advertisement, Julia Ormond is as forgettable as ever, and Anthony Hopkins is so ridiculous that I doubt he mentions that movie on his career resumes. As to the plot, it is worse ! You don't need to see the film to know what happens to the characters : it has the more predictable plot you will ever see ! The only quality could be that this melodrama is really melodramatic, but after one hour, it is so melodramatic that you begin to wonder if it is not a caricature. One thing is sure : some characters in that movie are REALLY unlucky, so that you can understand why they are SO depressed. If you are really so happy in your own life that you need a little depression, tjis movie may be made for you. Otherwise, just rent another Edward Zwick movie, "Glory"; at least you will lean history and see that a director may make the best and the worst movies in his career.