Not a masterpiece but entertaining.

Rating: 7/10 (19 August 2006)

An ex tennis player turned pro marries into a wealthy British family but has his eyes on his brother-in-law's girlfriend. You know this is going to be good from the start, but some reviewers here are suggesting that this is a masterpiece and frankly its not. Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johannson are not convincing and some clever twists in the second half really save an otherwise slow film. The operatic themes throughout didn't work for me and were overdone. Perhaps the main problem lies in the fact that no one in the film is likable except for the father. Everyone else is so selfish and stupid. I could not muster up even a grain of sympathy for any of the characters and felt they deserved all they got. I actually hoped that they all might die in some terrible accident or similar tragedy in the end, but that never eventuated.