Movies directed by theater directors almost never work.
A Map of the World is adapted from a novel by Jane Hamilton, and directed by Scott Elliott, whose only previous experience is on the stage. You do the math. The film's ambling, dissolute structure immediately marks it as a work that's only halfway made the transition from page to screen, and Sigourney Weaver's stagy, overemphatic performance makes her character brittle and even more unlikable than she's supposed to be. All rights reserved.