Weirdness for weirdness' sake

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2001)

What were they thinking?
That's what we were thinking as we walked out of this debacle after an hour. With "Pennies from Heaven" and "The Singing Detective" there was some sort of rationale for the mix of fantasy and music tossed into the story. Here there's no rationale, there's precious little story, there's scant acting or singing ability displayed and there's absolutely zero chemistry between the leading actors. Contrary to one reviewer's comment here, I found this one totally self-conscious and completely contrived.
And it's not that I don't like Buhrmann. I thought his Romeo + Juliet was a fascinating variation. But for this one, there's really no excuse.