Watching Paint Dry Is More Riveting.

Rating: 1/10 (20 September 2011)

I went to this movie with high hopes.A star studded cast ,loads of great publicity. Colin Firth- one of my favourite actors, outstanding in many other films -it all had such promise. I was irritated from the start by Gary Oldmans portrayal of his character.He seemed to slow every syllable down to a grinding painfully slow pace,so much so,I wanted to reach into the screen and say for God's sake- just say the line.His style was so frustrating.Slow is how the film panned out.I began not to care who the traitor was.I thought I had a good idea who the traitor might be from the start and was pleased I was right about that. They all seemed so dull, it was hard to care about who died and who lived. I wished I'd bought some painfully expensive popcorn to ease the tedium, but anticipation had rendered me sweet less ,a lesson I have learned for future over hyped films.