This film is a masterpiece of... production design. The sets, the clothes, the lighting, everything is so perfect that it feels like a dream, or possibly a TV ad for really expensive scotch. The direction and editing are irregular at best (and pretty bad at worst). The acting is mostly mediocre (with the exception of Nigel Hawthorne, who is perfect as always), although part of that boils down to the script and the editing. The story is predictable and uninspired.
This is one of those movies that you keep hoping will get better, but never does. And it's annoying to see good actors, good sets and a good crew wasted on such a poor story, and then further butchered by senseless editing.
This is one of those movies that you keep hoping will get better, but never does. And it's annoying to see good actors, good sets and a good crew wasted on such a poor story, and then further butchered by senseless editing.