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fletch-27's rating
I can only agree with the previous reviewer - a complete and utter waste of time and money. This film has the misfortune to be one of the worst I have ever seen - I only stayed 20 minutes, and that was around 19 minutes too long. The advert for the local curry house was like Gone with the Wind compared to this. Poor script, rubbish editing, some terrible acting and the use of some bizarre plot contrivances... what were the makers thinking of off? A 3 year could have done better than this.
Still, my curry was good
Still, my curry was good
Actually a very good movie, although you don't exactly leave the cinema feeling good. Set in a trench just before the Battle of the Somme, this is a pretty accurate (as far as I can tell) rendition of what life was like.
The acting is universally of a very high standard, and personally I would single out the Sergeant who gives a great performance. The only flaws are the setting which is confining and gives the feel of a stage play and the obvious comparisons to Gallipoli (a better film, but then a great film.) Definitely 8 out of ten.
Try as i might the last Blackadder episode kept coming to mind as the film neared it's the climax, which was a shame as this is a serious film, intelligently made and with an excellent point.
The acting is universally of a very high standard, and personally I would single out the Sergeant who gives a great performance. The only flaws are the setting which is confining and gives the feel of a stage play and the obvious comparisons to Gallipoli (a better film, but then a great film.) Definitely 8 out of ten.
Try as i might the last Blackadder episode kept coming to mind as the film neared it's the climax, which was a shame as this is a serious film, intelligently made and with an excellent point.
Tea with Mussolini.
I saw this film at a private screening, and but for the fact that we were basically locked in by politeness (and an usher) I would have hopped it after 30 seconds. This movie sucks so completely it is hard to tell where to start any kind of constructive criticism. The actors all put in excellent individual perfomances (except Cher, who seems peculiarly out of place in 30's Italy), but the script is so wooden that even twelve coats of varnish followed by a sound waxing would not bring a dull shine.
In summary, Mills and Boon with none of the excitement. The only way I managed to keep awake was by guesing the next line or plot twist (I say twist, but arrow straight is more like it). No cliche goes unturned in this movie, no heart string unjerked, no lovingly photographed element undeveloped.
An enormous TURKEY.
I saw this film at a private screening, and but for the fact that we were basically locked in by politeness (and an usher) I would have hopped it after 30 seconds. This movie sucks so completely it is hard to tell where to start any kind of constructive criticism. The actors all put in excellent individual perfomances (except Cher, who seems peculiarly out of place in 30's Italy), but the script is so wooden that even twelve coats of varnish followed by a sound waxing would not bring a dull shine.
In summary, Mills and Boon with none of the excitement. The only way I managed to keep awake was by guesing the next line or plot twist (I say twist, but arrow straight is more like it). No cliche goes unturned in this movie, no heart string unjerked, no lovingly photographed element undeveloped.
An enormous TURKEY.