Unbearably tedious

Rating: 1/10 (29 December 2004)

I went to see this with a friend, and to be quite honest, I would rather watch grass grow. I walked out of the movie before it was over because I was so bored that I just didn't care to find out how it ended. There is something horribly wrong when one wishes that the hero of the movie would die in a plane crash halfway through the movie just to end the torture.
Like others have said, the cinematography was brilliant and Cate Blanchett did a great job, but other than that, there isn't much to see in this. Go read a book about Howard Hughes instead. Or beat your skull against a brick wall, even. It will be far more entertaining.