It would be really hard for this guy to maintain a character. I found it fascinating on structural grounds. And when you think about how few films do anything that wasn't originally done by the Greeks. It's really striking how few movies that do something that narratively different. In the theater we're used to it.
People jump all over the place and locations and all kinds of things.
A moment of praise for Guy Pearce, the lead. One thing that's nice about this movie, although it is a contrivance, you never feel that it is. You get very nervous. It's a great deal of fun. I'm not sure that the performances aren't better than the play.