John Huston has a well deserved reputation for directing excellent movies, and I watched the entire movie with an expectation that "It must get better soon - this is John Huston, after all". It became apparent that this was "as good as it gets" when, after watching about 60 never-ending pointless minutes of a dull and dreary dinner party, one of the actors, (preumably for lack of a good script), resorted to reading Joyce's original words as an explanatory voice-over. This certainly helped to explain why Angelica Huston had burst into tears moments before, although why we had to wait until after dinner for this, I don't know. I was woefully disappointed. The movie completely failed to engage my interest or attention, and remains a dull and dreary remake of the original 1960's movie of James Joyce's short story. Its a story better left in print, and my recommendation is "Buy the Book".
Review of The Dead
