The only good thing about the film is Virginie Ledoyen

Rating: 2/10 (7 March 2005)

The only good thing about the film is Virginie Ledoyen. Unfortunately, there is not enough of her in this film to make it better. She has a wonderful on screen presence and charm and I hope she will continue to make English language films. But, good ones.
Her french colleague Guillaume Canet plays his part well and naturally. DiCaprio, on the other hand, tries just a little too hard. Meaning, his character is a bit over cooked, over acted, and just simply over done.
Boyle makes a poor showing as well. A lousy screen play, made from a good book. The story is choppy. Boyles' attempt to blend the film with his style (think video game scene for example) was completely unnecessary. Which, by the way, made DiCparo's character even less believable. In short, its a pretty bad film.