Flat

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2011)

Flat, muted, but with a large budget, this movie didn't really seem to say much and what it did say it said clumsily. The movie started out with tension, but then kind of dragged on, running through a number of scenarios that were likely supposed to be shocking or exciting, but unravelled tediously. There were scenes full of pointless dialogue, that seemed to be trying to communicate something but failing. Most of the acting was flat, with the exception of the protagonist which delivered a good performance despite having little to work with.
Given the resources it would have taken to make this movie, something interesting and resonant could have been made instead of the safe, lumbering piece it ended up being. The fact that this won "Best Directory" is a testament to the irrelevance of the Academy.