Too boring

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2002)

While I agree that the cinematography, visual effects, set design and costume were excellent, I felt I could only rate this movie 6/10. The story was too simple and the movie could have been over in less than an hour had it not been for the songs drawing it out (every turning point had it's own song and dance routine assigned to it that lasted at least 10 minutes). Admittedly, I liked the use of modern songs in a movie set well before the songs were actually written, but the whole thing was just too boring. My husband fell asleep half way through, and even I found it hard to watch it right through to the end.