This movie is about a man, whom with no aim in life, slowly discovers his past, and his eventual purge of it. The film provides a great atmosphere to the brutally harsh environment all these people endured, but somehow, I didn't find the emotional connection to the movie or feel for the main character Quoyle. Maybe because of they way they cast him, basically being a spineless dimwitted nice guy who, by the way, has to face his demonic past. He might be written that way so that the Prowse character could easily fall in love with him. If someone were more troubled or disturbed on the outside, it would be very hard for another person to be attracted to him without him having some a redeeming heart deep down inside.
I think Kevin Spacey tried to hard to be that character. Although he fully immersed himself into it, what comes out is a person who doesn't have a wide range of emotions. So what he basically did was creating a caricature portrayal of a slow wimp, with being wimpy his only emotion.
Figuring the film was from Lasse Hallstrom, you think he would make a heart-wrenching film, but he didn't completely succeed in this one. Throwing the storyilne of the novel while trying to preserve it overall meaning will frequently lead to an incoherent attempt to convey the original message, which is what seem to have happened here.
Still, not too bad a movie, mostly for the gorgeous views of Newfoundland, interesting side stories and some decent performances, notably from Julie Dench.
I think Kevin Spacey tried to hard to be that character. Although he fully immersed himself into it, what comes out is a person who doesn't have a wide range of emotions. So what he basically did was creating a caricature portrayal of a slow wimp, with being wimpy his only emotion.
Figuring the film was from Lasse Hallstrom, you think he would make a heart-wrenching film, but he didn't completely succeed in this one. Throwing the storyilne of the novel while trying to preserve it overall meaning will frequently lead to an incoherent attempt to convey the original message, which is what seem to have happened here.
Still, not too bad a movie, mostly for the gorgeous views of Newfoundland, interesting side stories and some decent performances, notably from Julie Dench.