This is the stupidest movie I've seen in a very long time. All the characters, everything that happens to them, everything they do, and every word they speak is irritating, absurd and completely unbelievable.
Rupert Grint and Nicholas Farrell are the only actors who show any restraint at all - Farrell probably from a strong innate sense of proportion and Grint probably from inexperience. But both Laura Linney and Julie Walters are so hammy that they made me cringe every time they opened their mouths.
It's not their fault; it's the writer-director Jeremy Brock, whose moronic screenplay and ham-fisted direction are so annoying that I'm amazed to see that he continued to get work after making this awful movie. I haven't seen any of his other movies, and after suffering through this one I'll make sure I never do.
Rupert Grint and Nicholas Farrell are the only actors who show any restraint at all - Farrell probably from a strong innate sense of proportion and Grint probably from inexperience. But both Laura Linney and Julie Walters are so hammy that they made me cringe every time they opened their mouths.
It's not their fault; it's the writer-director Jeremy Brock, whose moronic screenplay and ham-fisted direction are so annoying that I'm amazed to see that he continued to get work after making this awful movie. I haven't seen any of his other movies, and after suffering through this one I'll make sure I never do.