It's a shame no one with any sense of timing was involved in the making of this film!

Rating: 1/10 (12 August 2013)

Let me start by saying I have not read the book or seen the 74 film version. I came to this film with only one preconception; that I was going to be watching a flamboyant piece set in the 20's.
The costumes and sets are stunning, I did not mind the editing, but doing the Charleston to music that was out of time with the dance moves was where I finally drew the line and switched off.
The music was awful not because it is modern music thrown into a period piece but mostly because it is out of time with the editing and movements on screen. It felt like the music soundtrack was produced independently to any of the film making process and then just added without any direction.
Confused how this happened I even thought to myself "are they trying to be clever and creating an improvised jazz feel of the period". But even in improvised Jazz the musicians take their cues from one another, whoever added the soundtrack did so without any cues from this film.
It's a shame no one with any sense of timing was involved in the making of this film.