Yet another "Crime and Punishment" adaptation

Rating: 5/10 (5 December 2008)

This movie is not a great one. That's for sure.
Obviously, the scenes get well, they are well framed and the order of the scenes is sensible. Indeed, just by looking at the order the director chose, we immediately get the meaning he wants us to understand.
So why isn't this movie a great one ? Why is it just a well-directed movie ?
The plot and the ideas behind the film are all clichéd. A man marrying a woman he does not really love just because of her letting him live in a luxury place, and then, while she wants a baby, he gets one with another woman. Come on, this is no innovative plot.
Moreover, there is this strange feeling this movie is some sort of adaptation of "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky. We get a confirmation at the end as the main actor kills the innocent and elderly woman who spotted him with his not-to-be-known girlfriend.
So clichéd, so boring.