Putrid

Rating: 3/10 (15 April 2006)

Overdirected, poorly paced, overdone and painfully obvious, this film was a disappointment in nearly every respect. 4 Oscar nominations?! What were they smoking? Cinematic clichés abound. Laboriously long slow approaches a la Walter Hill, grandiose wide angle vistas and cheap story devices made me wish I had rented a better rendition of a Jane Austen novel. If only this film were crafted with the studied restraint of Mr. Darcy instead of the juvenile giddiness of Lydia and the stubborn pride of Lizzie. Instead the result is the same torturous and relentless self-indulgence that Lady Catherine might display in telling this story.