The acting is incredible, it's an A list cast and man do they deliver. The sets, production quality and period accuracy is astonishing. There's a problem though. I felt like they made a superb 3 hour film, chopped it into 100 parts, and then stuck them all back together again at random.
It would have been far better if they had made a more conventional chronological biopic. Instead it leaps about through time and styles, with elements of fantasy thrown in too for good measure. For much of the film I was just confused. "What's happening and when?" Was my main question throughout the film. Just as I picked up a clue what was going on it jumped to another time frame.
Overall a bit too much style over substance. Only one person to blame for that.
It would have been far better if they had made a more conventional chronological biopic. Instead it leaps about through time and styles, with elements of fantasy thrown in too for good measure. For much of the film I was just confused. "What's happening and when?" Was my main question throughout the film. Just as I picked up a clue what was going on it jumped to another time frame.
Overall a bit too much style over substance. Only one person to blame for that.