Natalie Portman... wow!

Rating: 6/10 (9 November 2008)

After I watched this film on DVD I read a few comments about it here. It seems that people's main complaint is the inaccuracy of the movie which is supposedly based on real historical events. I however, don't care about this issue. I didn't even know it was based on a real story until I read those comments. Real or not real, the story is very lame. Although costume design and cinematography are very good, you cannot feel yourself interested in following the film because it lacks a key parameter: characterization. The characters are simple, one-sided, and yet hard to understand. There is only one exception. NATALIE PORTMAN. Her play is so powerful and sensible that you feel that she owns the film. She fills the empty space of a good director in the scenes that she is present. Her last scene in the movie, is alone able to win her an Oscar. I pity her for playing so good in a so-so film.
6 out of 10 (of which 5.5 is for Natalie)