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The 'idea' is great (although derivative) but the 'story' is terrible.
The writer/director (alas, writer/director usually waves a Big Red Flag - when will producers realise that it's not always a good thing to let writers direct their own material?) desperately needs some tuition in story structure and there is absolutely no pace. The editor also needs to take some responsibility.
Overall, the acting isn't bad but ultimately, for the most part, flat (especially, sorry, the lead who is more wooden than a plank on a Tudor ship) but the pace (or lack thereof) kills any possible development of interest and entertainment.
The female romantic lead actually calls him 'interesting' but, really, he's as interesting and dynamic as one of the dead fish he sells in his brother's fish & chip shop! Jeez! The film has none of the wit, chat, energy or passion you'd expect in a story about Greek life.
It's a shame because this movie definitely has possibilities but it falls at almost every story/film/structure hurdle it comes to.
The 'idea' is great (although derivative) but the 'story' is terrible.
The writer/director (alas, writer/director usually waves a Big Red Flag - when will producers realise that it's not always a good thing to let writers direct their own material?) desperately needs some tuition in story structure and there is absolutely no pace. The editor also needs to take some responsibility.
Overall, the acting isn't bad but ultimately, for the most part, flat (especially, sorry, the lead who is more wooden than a plank on a Tudor ship) but the pace (or lack thereof) kills any possible development of interest and entertainment.
The female romantic lead actually calls him 'interesting' but, really, he's as interesting and dynamic as one of the dead fish he sells in his brother's fish & chip shop! Jeez! The film has none of the wit, chat, energy or passion you'd expect in a story about Greek life.
It's a shame because this movie definitely has possibilities but it falls at almost every story/film/structure hurdle it comes to.