An average movie

Since it is a rather obscure feature, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a nice cast, I was quite eager to check it out. Unfortunately, it turned out to be rather disappointing. I mean, sure, there was an interesting cast (Claire Danes, Gabriel Byrne, Lena Olin) and Claire Danes was really charming as usual but it was certainly not enough to save this movie. Eventually, I thought that the directing was rather average and the story was not really entertaining. In my opinion, the biggest mistake they made was to try to create some quirky characters but those characters turned out to be eventually rather obnoxious. Eventually, this movie would be the only directing effort from Theresa Connelly. Apparently, she has a Polish background and she might have thought that she would give a charming portrait of the Polish culture with this movie. Unfortunately, this was pretty much a failure as the Polish (or American Polish) and their supposedly whimsical way of life and thinking either bored or annoyed me. To conclude, even though the whole thing actually had some potential, it was eventually rather underwhelming and I don’t think it is really worth a look.

5/10