My wife convinced me to go along with her to see this as we'd seen everything else currently showing (including sitting through Open Water, expecting it to pick up at any point).
There had been no theatre advertising or trailers for the movie, and for the first time ever, (this was quite funny), we got a 200 seat screen to ourselves.
Not being particularly interested in the subject matter gave me low expectations, but I was proven wrong. The acting was only fair, but somehow seemed to fit the character of the movie. The script was only fair too, but the occasional humour made up for it. However, the sets and costumes were amazing. Colour everywhere, from crazy wallpaper, to the sister's garish frocks, to the son's variety of flowery shirts.
So, put aside any thoughts of an epic, and enjoy a movie with more fun than you might expect, and maybe claim a movie screen to yourself too
:-)
There had been no theatre advertising or trailers for the movie, and for the first time ever, (this was quite funny), we got a 200 seat screen to ourselves.
Not being particularly interested in the subject matter gave me low expectations, but I was proven wrong. The acting was only fair, but somehow seemed to fit the character of the movie. The script was only fair too, but the occasional humour made up for it. However, the sets and costumes were amazing. Colour everywhere, from crazy wallpaper, to the sister's garish frocks, to the son's variety of flowery shirts.
So, put aside any thoughts of an epic, and enjoy a movie with more fun than you might expect, and maybe claim a movie screen to yourself too
:-)