The story lacks substance and moves so very slowly. Or perhaps because there is no story -nothing happens and it seems to take place slowly. Watching Jolie play dress up and lie in bed feeling morose and popping pills is boring. And as the dialogue is vacuous there really is not much good to say about this film. The setting is very beautiful!
We see an alcoholic husband and a depressed wife sitting in a hotel, by the beach and in a café or restaurant. They sleep. She walks. He drinks. And he tries to write. She cries. They fight. The action is pedestrian. The conflict is unexplained and weak.
The film plays out like a spoiled wealthy white couple who have nothing to do by the sea so they drink, take pills and fight and sleep. Nothing happens and what does happen looks like it was written to provide Jolie with opportunities to pose: sitting, standing, looking. This is a film about the troubles people have when they have no troubles.
I like Bradd Pitt and Angelina Jolie but they should have paid a good writer to do their acting skills and chemistry justice. This film comes off as an attempt at copying a 70's artsy Euro style film. It was painful to look at and I am not surprised. Why some actors think that because they can act that they will automatically be good at something else is nothing new.
We see an alcoholic husband and a depressed wife sitting in a hotel, by the beach and in a café or restaurant. They sleep. She walks. He drinks. And he tries to write. She cries. They fight. The action is pedestrian. The conflict is unexplained and weak.
The film plays out like a spoiled wealthy white couple who have nothing to do by the sea so they drink, take pills and fight and sleep. Nothing happens and what does happen looks like it was written to provide Jolie with opportunities to pose: sitting, standing, looking. This is a film about the troubles people have when they have no troubles.
I like Bradd Pitt and Angelina Jolie but they should have paid a good writer to do their acting skills and chemistry justice. This film comes off as an attempt at copying a 70's artsy Euro style film. It was painful to look at and I am not surprised. Why some actors think that because they can act that they will automatically be good at something else is nothing new.