Painting by numbers: dull, lazy fimmaking.

Rating: 3/10 (9 February 2013)

OK, we know what happens in the end. Mr. Spielberg: we want to see some spark of ingenuity to throw the spotlight on the greyness of our history lessons at school. Instead, we have a long dreary trudge of a script which is about 40 minutes too long. And the crucial numbers don't add up! If you know this story, even vaguely, then try to imagine it simply written up as a film script. Congratulations, you are now a Hollywood writer! Award yourself 5 points, Pass Go, collect £200.
Daniel Day Lewis is simply superb, but he alone cannot rescue this film from the abyss of over- dialogued under-thought out sludge.
This promised so much and delivered so little.