Fish story

Rating: 6/10 (22 February 2004)

"The Big Blue: Director's Cut" is a glossy, slick mess of a movie which starts as a monochrome backstory drama and then dissolves into a color present day story which goes nowhere at the speed of light. The film wanders drunkenly from comedy to romance to drama to dolphin documentary while not serving well in any genre. All the while the players seem at a loss for a sense of character and the story drifts slowly into oblivion. A beautiful snoozer. (C+)