Too far up its own back passage.

Rating: 3/10 (5 May 2013)

This film just didn't cut the mustard(or anything else..pun intended!)for me,it was beyond pompous in its direction style and some of the performances were laughable,and not in a good way.It reminded me of the worst excesses of Dennis Potters oeuvre in places,especially visually,it just went nowhere with material that has been covered much more successfully elsewhere(Trainspotting,to name one),i cant in all conscience understand why this movie is rated so highly,as i found it puerile and obvious,with almost no redeeming features,apart,maybe,from a good performance(with laughably poor material)from Burstyn. Too finish off,i found this movie to be too self aware and clever-clever to entertain,enlighten or even capture attention,and given the subject matter,this is pretty shameful.