An average movie

There was a time when I was a huge fan of Johnny Depp but, from the moment that he became a huge box-office draw thanks to the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise, I started to loose interest in his work and his last movies have all been some critical and commercial flops (‘Mortdecai’, ‘Transcendence’, ‘The Lone Ranger’, ‘Dark Shadows’). Hopefully, at some point, he will go back to some smaller indie features like the ones he used to make in the 90’s. However, I have to admit that not all his small movies from that era were great and this movie was a fine example. First of all, it was basically one of these productions showing Depp prominently on all the promotional material when, in fact, he had a rather small part. In fact, the lead was actually played by the lovely Christina Ricci and it would be the 3rd movie she would make with Depp (after ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ and ‘Sleepy Hollow’). Anyway, the whole thing was a decent periode drama with some solid directing but, to be honest, I actually had a rather hard time to care about the story and the characters involved. Surprisingly, after all these years, even though she has a solid reputation, it is still the only film directed by Sally Potter that I have seen so far. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was slightly underwhelming, I still think it is worth a look.

6/10