The DVD cover bills this as "astonishingly, irresistibly funny". Edward the dog is funny, but the people are not.
From the title, you would think the movie revolved around travel, but the only travel is a visit to a mundane hotel room in France you don't get to leave.
The big problem with this movie is the central character Macon is unsympathetic. He is boring, rude, insensitive, self-centred. He is pathologically passive. He speaks in a taciturn monotone. His job it taking the adventure of of travel, writing guides on where to find Burger King and MacDonalds outlets in Europe.
There are three romantic relationships in the movie. I could not not for the life of me see what any of the parties saw in any of the others.
That created some humour, Geena Davis's dogged pursuit of William Hurt who always responded like a limp dishrag.
It was a very frustrating movie. I wanted ANYTHING to happen to break the tedium of watching people going about their very boring lives.
There is only one scene in the movie that really touches the heart, when Macon sees a French boy who resembles his murdered son, but you have to wait to almost the end for it.
From the title, you would think the movie revolved around travel, but the only travel is a visit to a mundane hotel room in France you don't get to leave.
The big problem with this movie is the central character Macon is unsympathetic. He is boring, rude, insensitive, self-centred. He is pathologically passive. He speaks in a taciturn monotone. His job it taking the adventure of of travel, writing guides on where to find Burger King and MacDonalds outlets in Europe.
There are three romantic relationships in the movie. I could not not for the life of me see what any of the parties saw in any of the others.
That created some humour, Geena Davis's dogged pursuit of William Hurt who always responded like a limp dishrag.
It was a very frustrating movie. I wanted ANYTHING to happen to break the tedium of watching people going about their very boring lives.
There is only one scene in the movie that really touches the heart, when Macon sees a French boy who resembles his murdered son, but you have to wait to almost the end for it.