The worst...

Rating: 1/10 (15 November 2001)

I'm not a blockbuster kind of viewer, I spend a fair amount of time in art cinemas watching stuff that your average Hollywood lover would find unfathomable. Having said that, I've just got to say that this was one of the worst films I've ever seen. A waste of 3 fine actors (Hunter, keitel, Neill), a waste of some beautiful locations, and an object lesson in how not to end a film. The child actress was quite obviously out of her depth (an Oscar? Why?), the Nyman theme was done to death, and the story sagged and bagged and fell apart from start to finish. The Sign Language (which I speak fluently) was all over the place (before you say "yeah but this was 100 years ago", I've studied the history of Sign language too and belive me, it was a mess). I've never been so disappointed in my life!