Never seen such a strong unjustified media campaign against a movie

Rating: 9/10 (22 May 2006)

Never seen such a strong unjustified media campaign against a movie. We went to see this film yesterday despite the fact that every single review said the movie was dull, lacked spark, was poorly made, etc, etc. To our surprise, Tom Hank's hair wasn't distracting, and we were pleaseantly entertained and amused by the whole thing. The British actors steal the show, no doubt, and we have seen Tom hanks do better. But the movie delivered the goods solidly. The only weak link in the movie is the otherwise amazing Audrey Tautou. We have seen the french actress devour the screen in Amelie, Dirty Pretty Things and a few others. She is an accomplished actress, no doubt. In this movie, she was acting in some scenes, in others, i think the director told her she wasn't going to be in the scene and she was flat,amateurish and dull. So I fully recommend it, forget the reviews, don't know why they are so against this film. And it is fantastic!!!