What a load of rubbish!

Rating: 4/10 (11 March 2008)

Well, I just got home from this movie. I went with high expectations as I had read the IMDb boards. But... what a disappointment! Daniel Day-Lewis performance was, as usual, quite extraordinary. The scenery was wonderful. Unfortunately that summarises the good points. In the 21st century I expect more from a movie.
The negatives of this movie are numerous. The soundtrack is excruciating. It begins slowly, but the grind on you gets worse and worse. The same agonising sequence over and over again. But the ultimate problem with this movie is waaaaay too long. It suffers from the tragedy of 'Dances with Wolves'. It can thank DWW that it does not become the pop culture joke that DWW has become in that respect. Ultimately this movie could have been told in an hour. Setting this movie at nearly 2.5 hours suggests that either the producer is trying to squeeze out a feature film from a tele-movie that want over budget, or that the director grossly underestimates the intelligence of most movie goers.