'Amelie' under water...

Rating: 2/10 (4 January 2018)

Really not sure why this is getting so many plaudits? Yes the art direction is pretty enough, but the pace is so slow and for me it was annoyingly whimsical!
I found Sally Hawkins' studied, almost balletic way of performing really off-putting. As an example the folding of the hat against the bus window and the overly-ponderous way she laid her head against it.
Apparently it cost $20 million and for me this is no surprise with the whole thing looking set-bound and claustrophobic.
It was a surprise-free zone with obvious themes, cliches galore (other than the lure of the Director's name what was in it for Octavia Spencer with such a stereotypical role?), plot-holes and scenes that dragged.
Reviewers seem to be adding layers of narrative and meaning, but in reality I'm really not sure there's enough there to bother.
#disappointed