The Emperor's Clothes

Rating: 1/10 (6 December 2005)

I've read several of the very many positive reviews with total amazement - now don't get me wrong - I loved Dostoyevski's "A boring story" and thought it clever that the medium carried the message so well - it really was boring. But if we are to get something about ennui or alienation it just ain't going to happen if you slit your wrists before getting to the end of the film. Someone said it was slow moving - slow moving? It's a like a dead snail on Mogodon! I found no saving graces at all - it was hard to know how good or bad the acting was as I kept nodding off. As for the production and direction it could as easily have been made in a broken lift - that's elevator to my US friends - as the backdrop was as irrelevant as the film was pointless. I've been more intellectually stimulated by watching paint dry!