I broke it

Rating: 5/10 (7 October 2015)

A man who mysteriously survives a train wreck gropes for the purpose of his life after meeting a stranger who sees the fantastic in the ordinary.
A superhero story that emphasises the ordinary and mundane, as the hero plods along in the acceptance that his life is failing - from a compromised marriage, awkward fatherhood, and sacrifice of ambition. The anti-hero cuts across this with the insight that cartoon drama is just an exaggeration of the truth and that wonderful things really can happen. Sounds good? I guess, but it's underdeveloped and badly written.
The first forty five minutes have excellent cinematography, with the camera moving around the frame in a way that adds so much to the story: the side to side in the train carriage, the depth of perspective in the hospital treatment room, the use of the colosseum stadium etc. It's worth it just for that.
But none of the relationships hold up - a physiotherapist wife who never realised her hubbie wasn't really injured in the fateful accident? None of it is true and clear, so the actors have to ham their way through daft dialogue while swelling strings cover up the weakness of the story. I like the idea of bringing hope to the complications of adult life, but the result is juvenile.
They missed out one laugh - a scene where the babysitter explains her sister phoned to say she just got a perm that makes her look like ... But the script cut her off. Like Richard Simmons?
Overall, the story rides its big production values until it gets swamped.