the horror! the horror! ..........

Rating: 1/10 (13 April 2010)

words really cannot convey the sheer awfulness of this film ....... i went along with very low expectations which were met in spades ...... where to begin ? ...... sandra bullock won an Oscar for playing pretty much the same character she plays in all of her other films except with a southern twang ...... the soundtrack was poured on like treacle ...... lots of single note piano figures and gloopy strings ....... the performance of the younger son was the stuff of nightmares ....... a shoe -in for most unappealing performance by a child ...... and did i actually see him mime a rap number with the black kid ? ....... at this point i had to close my eyes and stick my fingers in my ears ........ i suspect this would play better in the states ... well mississippi anyway ... than in the uk ....... i may have nightmares.