Interesting soundtrack, so spare 2 hours and buy the OST only!

Rating: 3/10 (27 December 2009)

I had great hopes for this movie. Usually when you see a title on IMDb with a 7.6 rating and a great acting crew, you expect a great story. But this wasn't the case with this movie. I'm a film school student, so I know good movies.
It was a Saturday night when I finally found time for this feature. It has a pretty straightforward narration without any twists. Some of the characters are not developed well even though the movie is something like 2 hours long. No visual narration at all and you get everything from the dialog which is something they should have worked on more. The acting from the crew? C'mon, Hoffman is one of my fave actors and this is his worst role ever! Its not the acting I hated, its the overacting, theater moves and everything. Sometimes u ask yourself, how did they manage to make those banners in such a short time or why would she come back because there's nothing interesting or sexual about the character. You'll see what I'm talking about if you anyhow have desire to watch the movie after this review. The film as a medium works with believable things, if its not something believable than the viewer can't identify himself with the characters or the story. I know I wasn't!
The good side of the movie is the soundtrack, really great one! But soundtracks don't make movies great. Its like part of a system. If some of the other parts are bad than you can't expect a working system just because one part is doing his job well.