Now get some sleep, I may wish to have sex again before we eat breakfast.

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2008)

Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) brings Leonardo DiCaprio back after Titanic in a story that will make his fans cheer, but leave the rest of us feeling that we were cheated.
Long on philosophy, but very short on excitement, this is a movie about Camelot. You remember, don't you, "...there's simply not a more congenial spot for happily-ever-aftering than here in Camelot." Or, on the beach, for that matter.
Except there is a price to pay for even this, the most idyllic of spots. Even here, the nastiness of death and dying must not intrude. It's how we manage to avoid the ugliness of hundreds of thousands of dead in Iraq, and our reputation sullied by those who condone torture. We mustn't let anything interfere with our pursuit of big screen TVs our gas-guzzling SUVs.
With her beautiful face, Virginie Ledoyen (The Valet, 8 Women) was the bright spot in this movie. Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) made a perfect white witch who ran the paradise and was willing to preserve it at all costs - even her humanity.
But, it only exists in your dreams, my friend.