Having seen this movie today, I can only feel sorry that the user comments used on the main page is so negative....the viewer must have been having a bad day or been in a restless mood, because the movie I saw, with two other filmgoers, was thought by all of us to have been excellent......poignant, moving and enthralling, but NEVER dull, let alone "painfully dull". I shall be watching out for a dvd of it.