Overrated, should have won at the Raspberry Jam Awards

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 1999)

This is a bad, bad film. Minghella's previous film was a brilliant romantic comedy named Mr. Wonderful. Then he got pretentious and fell in love with the Oscars. This film is filled with Oscar Winner cliches, has no pace and no interest whatsoever. Not even the acting. If you wanna see the great Willem Dafoe, check out The Last Temptation of Christ, which is an absolute masterpiece and has a wonderful performance by Willem. But please, stay out from this film. Score: 2 out of 10 (at least it has good cinematography). Come to think of it, it does have its moments, so let's leave it to a 4 out of 10.