Great performance by Daniel Day Lewis in a truly awful movie

Rating: 1/10 (21 June 2009)

This movie clearly demonstrates that the cinematic whole is not merely the sum of its component parts. A great performance no matter how fine and some excellent cinematography no matter how well executed, don't make up for absent direction, lame writing, a horrible soundtrack, ridiculous dialog, abysmal pacing, a befuddled plot, in a throw away film that deserves only to be tossed into the rubbish bin and forgotten. The most adoring and indiscriminate fans of Daniel Day Lewis will enjoy a great performance by their idol in much the same way a starving homeless person might enjoy a bit of fillet mignon they find rotting in a garbage pail behind a swank restaurant. Just be careful to ignore the rest.