Outstanding performance

Rating: 5/10 (27 July 2009)

Kate Winslet is outstanding in this movie. Her performance is not only the central one, but she is just phenomenal. Her performance is so great, that it almost made me rate this movie higher. But I'm not rating the acting, but the overall movie-experience that I had and what I think this movie deserves.
"Deserves" might not be the right word, because the subject matter is a very ambitious one. And just for that might be rated higher by some people. But the problem is, that apart from the different time lines, the story and the decisions the characters make, leave you indifferent most of the time. And they shouldn't, because of the nature of them. But although Kate Winslet is great and the movie begins pretty strong, it all gets deluded along the way. A shame then, but a movie that drags to long, trying to make a point that is pretty clear from the get go (or after half the movie is over).