Tone and Screenplay fail Solid Leads

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2008)

Incredibly lazy work by Rosenberg who looking at her resume is not new to screen writing. Therefore there is absolutely no excuse for putting in unnecessary voice overs or extraneous dialogue in moments where the emotion or meaning was already insinuated through actors & action. Felt like a second draft. Less than impressive, I felt the two solid leads were given little to work from.
Also the tone of the film was bizarre at moments, uncertain direction from Hardwicke which is again disappointing considering the caliber of some of her other films.
It was a good way to waste an afternoon thanks to a charismatic cast but I ultimately ended up leaving frustrated because of elemental flaws that should have been picked up by at least a producer or script supervisor.