Disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (28 April 2002)

As a rule I prefer to comment on films that I have enjoyed. But when a film is really bad, and when it wins a clutch of Oscars to boot, I feel compelled to voice my disapproval.
Perhaps my expectations were too high. I expected a witty and sophisticated British period comedy and instead got an uninvolving drama with a poor lead character. There is not much good about this film. Only the final scene with Gwyneth Paltrow moved me. The magnificent "Life is beautiful" should have got the Best Film Oscar that year.