An average movie

I have nothing against Steve Martin but most of  his movies are usually rather lame so I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick. However, the ratings were pretty decent and Roger Ebert really loved the damned thing so there was some hope. Unfortunately, I thought that it was really disappointing and I really had a hard time to care about the story and the character involved. I don’t know, maybe it had to with the fact that I’m French so ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ is a really classic story in my home country and I don’t think I really needed a modern comedic twist on this timeless tale. Above all, I was just rather bored by the whole thing and I didn't think it was funny at all. At the end of the day, it is all supposed to be harmless, whimsical and charming but I just didn’t connect at all with the whole thing. Basically, even if you handle this concept within a drama, it is already difficult to take it really seriously but, in a comedy, I think it was just completely hopeless. Anyway, to conclude, even though I have seen worse, I thought it was pretty weak and I don’t think it is really worth a look.