This could have been a much better film than it ended up being. The story is a very interesting one that needs to be told, but the pace of the film is really toe curling at times. All of his family rubbish is completely irrelevant to the film and should have be left out. In fact every single scene with the ambassador's wife seems to be there to make the film last 2 hours when it should only have been 90 minutes long. They should have been deleted from the manuscript during the very first drafts.
Add to this that roughly half the imagery is filmed in something I utterly despise: handheld! And for no reason whatsoever as it is so often seen with director's who haven't a clue. This was a constant source of irritation to me throughout the film and when the pace of the film often got on my nerves as well, I ended up having watched mediocre film that left a very mixed impression.
Add to this that roughly half the imagery is filmed in something I utterly despise: handheld! And for no reason whatsoever as it is so often seen with director's who haven't a clue. This was a constant source of irritation to me throughout the film and when the pace of the film often got on my nerves as well, I ended up having watched mediocre film that left a very mixed impression.