Artless writing, extremely predictable

Rating: 3/10 (30 August 2006)

Even if a movie is beautifully shot, which this was, and well-cast, which arguably this was, I canNOT get past a bad script. Every line was predictable, cliché, and completely lacking subtlety. It's as if the movie was written for morons. There was no plot turn that you didn't see coming a mile away, yet there were huge jumps in character development that felt as if huge chunks of the movie were missing (though I didn't need it to be any longer than it was). I felt it beneath the likes of Giamatti and Norton, both very talented. If you are bound and determined to see this movie, I would recommend that you wait to rent this one.