Deep & provoking? Shallow & stock?

Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2005)

What !! ?? Started up muddled, and after much patience, maybe it became a little more solidified by the end, but then, just as, well, it was over. In the beginning it was probably a good idea, maybe even should have made a good movie, but? More just disappointed from the let down though.
Always knew the Brits had a mixed up view of love and relationships, it must be the total mixed bag of cultures, as it doesn't always mix and that confuses them.
"You could spend ages just trying to work out where the various connections between the story lines actually were." Humm? I expect to use my mind a bit, as formula is hollow, but I truly believe at least the director should know the answer to this issue. The commentary leaves it a real issue. Maybe he shouldn't have cut the hour out; then again maybe he should have cut another hour out. A few scenes and moments only makes me more frustrated with the rest of the mess.
I don't mind the syrup, nor the Gordian thing, but it moves through a façade, pretending profound, then you realize how shallow, maybe stock. Oh well onward.