A good concept gone wrong

Rating: 4/10 (2 February 2000)

I was really looking forward to seeing this film, but was sorely disappointed when I finally saw it. I found the writing horribly trite, especially in the segment of the movie set in England. The dialogue between Pope and his lover was laughable. In fact, my friend, an Englishwoman herself, did laugh. Samuel L. Jackson capped off a poor movie with a poor performance in the final segment of the film. Then again, maybe it wasn't his acting so much as poor writing. I simply didn't care about him or his scheme. The only redeeming aspect of the movie was the segment which centered around Kaspar Weiss. The writing was much better in that segment, partly because Kaspar rarely talked. In the whole film, Kaspar was the only character I cared about. If you're looking for a film that progresses through several separate stories, check out A Night on Earth.