Very few times do I see movies that leave me with no emotion other than boredom. This is one of those few movies. I don't recall seeing any of Berdolucci's earlier work, but he possesses a knack for assembling images. He's definitely a fine visual artist, and I felt some of the sets were beautiful, as well as the music. Unfortunately, the script might as well have been a series of blank pages. I'm sure many will praise the film because of its lack of dialogue, and how artful that is since so many modern films depend too much on dialogue. Well, that may be true, but no dialogue alone doesn't make a movie work. "In the Bedroom" contained long scenes with no dialogue, but the silent images helped tell the story, and the brilliant facial expressions by both Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek gave the audience great insight into how they were feeling. I'm not bashing the actors in this movie, and Thandie Newton and David Thewlis are both genuinely talented, but they're not given much to work with. The story contains very little conflict. At times the love affair between Newton and Thewlis seems to be forgotten, and the whole affair itself contains no passion.
You know a movie's awful when it has NO effect on you. It didn't make me angry, it didn't annoy me, it didn't repulse me, it did nothing! And even at 90 minutes, it felt like a miniseries!
My score: 2 (out of 10)
You know a movie's awful when it has NO effect on you. It didn't make me angry, it didn't annoy me, it didn't repulse me, it did nothing! And even at 90 minutes, it felt like a miniseries!
My score: 2 (out of 10)