make up artist overpowered the performance

Rating: 6/10 (26 August 2004)

i don't know something didn't quite hit the right notes with this film..Christina riccis part seemed wasted and though Charlize was playing against type one got the impression she was letting the make up do all the acting and overcompensating with bold strokes when a more subtle performance would have sufficed...All in all a good and refreshing film that could have been a hell of a lot better.. Its message was confusing and the performance of the main protaginist so confusing that I simply didn't care by the end of the film what the directors point was, if indeed he even had a point in mind. If you want to see a brilliant piece about the death penalty take yourself to see Coyote on a fence when it opens in London after its brilliant run in manchester.