Hard Lines

Rating: 6/10 (23 January 2009)

A hard beauty. A joy to behold. Unadorned, utilitarian, purposeful. Cold as steel, and maintaining a firm line constantly. What man could resist? Yes those 1950s trams were things of great wonder.
Kate Winslett was OK too, but my problem is that I always find Kate's characters slightly annoying. Unfortunately, I feel the same about Ralph Fiennes. And believe it or not, Bruno Ganz as a Robin Williamsesque university lecture , and Lena Olin as the Manhattan based gallery something-or-other, (who ARE these people?), surpassed them both. Ganz in particular. Shudder.
The film itself I felt started slowly with no real meat to the cold romance depicted. The jolt around midway woke me up but as is normal with films around this subject the big picture drowns the personal tale.
Sorry.
Ron (Viewed 14Jan09)