michaelplonsker

Although this movie has an appealing storyline and cast it doesn't quite gel. The interplay between the two main leads doesn't quite work and at times leaves their audience hanging in mid air expecting something more. The movie does have some really funny moments but they are few and far between. It's predictable in its execution and in direction and the ending becomes obvious very early on. All in all a very poor effort from big name stars who seem to only be participating in the movie because they couldn't find better roles. The direction is ordinary and the sets dark and it just seems to all be a waste of time and energy although audiences will not suffer to much from watching it.

People have a right to expect a lot more from such leading lights as Harrison Ford and Kristen Scott Thomas. The script, although fairly original was totally implausible and uninspiring and probably a good twenty minutes too long. A poor effort for Harrison.

Although essentially a very good little film, the story is not original and follows a typical cliched formula of a boy from the low end of town making it big in the big smoke. Although thoroughly entertaining with some touching amusement, the film suffers from a lack of fleshing out of its main characters. But all in all, very good.