I give this movie a 7. The premise was pretty good, the cast was good, and the twists were pretty smart and executed fairly well. I do however think it was a little slow, and there were a few tiny technical details they should have not played with that were just annoying.
The biggest thing that killed me is accents. Yes, accents. First, if you want to make a film that is firmly rooted in the U.S., why does someone go out of their way to hire foreign actors. OK, Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig are probably a package deal since they are married, then they throw in an Aussie with Naomi Watts ( who, by the way was probably the only one that pulled it off). Daniel Craig's character, whether by plot design, or just plain bad fluctuates between his regular British accent, a plain American accent, and a tiny bit of an American southern twang accent. If this isn't bad ( or at least confusing) enough, you have the beautiful European ( Hungarian/Austrian) woman that grew up in England, Rachel Weisz, speaking in a southern accent. Please, just let Rachel Weisz use her own accent, it is sexy, and it would not have made a difference at all, but alas, it was the little thing that annoyed me the most.
The biggest thing that killed me is accents. Yes, accents. First, if you want to make a film that is firmly rooted in the U.S., why does someone go out of their way to hire foreign actors. OK, Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig are probably a package deal since they are married, then they throw in an Aussie with Naomi Watts ( who, by the way was probably the only one that pulled it off). Daniel Craig's character, whether by plot design, or just plain bad fluctuates between his regular British accent, a plain American accent, and a tiny bit of an American southern twang accent. If this isn't bad ( or at least confusing) enough, you have the beautiful European ( Hungarian/Austrian) woman that grew up in England, Rachel Weisz, speaking in a southern accent. Please, just let Rachel Weisz use her own accent, it is sexy, and it would not have made a difference at all, but alas, it was the little thing that annoyed me the most.