I was intrigued on seeing this based on the superb trailer the marketing department had put together but on my first viewing I found myself resisting sleep every step of the way.
It's pretentious, plodding, vacuous and over long with some seriously sub-standard performances in something that should have been Oscar bait.
The entire film felt stagy and contrived. I understand that was the vision of the director but it just didn't work. It just felt incredibly heavy-handed and disingenuous. Reviewers all seem to be in love with this film but I always like to hark back to a classic phrase that needs no definition,
"An Ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure!"
It's pretentious, plodding, vacuous and over long with some seriously sub-standard performances in something that should have been Oscar bait.
The entire film felt stagy and contrived. I understand that was the vision of the director but it just didn't work. It just felt incredibly heavy-handed and disingenuous. Reviewers all seem to be in love with this film but I always like to hark back to a classic phrase that needs no definition,
"An Ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure!"