What a waste of time

Rating: 1/10 (9 May 2007)

While slow, bordering with meaningless pace worked in Lost in Translation, in this film we don't get a chance to fill in the blanks. Most of the film, if not all of it, is just empty space, devoid of emotion, substance, character, development, or anything else.
Add to that historical inaccuracies, music which is ridiculously out of place and time, and you will understand why it is so hard to like this film. Good performances by all actors in the film, as well as rich sets and costumes, albeit overdone, don't help at all.
This was an attempt at creating Amadeus meets Lost in Translation, but it failed. The only thing it did well was ruin an otherwise interesting story.