so very boring... boring... boring... boring... boring...

Rating: 1/10 (16 May 2004)

You'd be doing well if you managed to stay awake through the whole film. There was no life, no story, no interest, and no one to care about. I'm not stupid - I have a college degree with a minor in English, and I have a fair amount of experience analyzing fiction. I'm at a loss to explain how this movie came to garner any positive reviews.
The Coppela clan must be very influential indeed for this flat as a pancake film to get nominated and awarded anything other that worst movie of the decade.
Curiously, the only character with any dimension was the wife - and we only know her through her phone conversations with her husband. Isn't that strange? She's never even on screen, and she has more impact than the gang of sleepwalkers that slug along the all but non-existent story line.
Don't be fooled by the good reviews and awards - you will most likely hate this movie and regret investing the time it takes to watch it.