Film Reviews by SB

A ludicrously stupid film, which got worse as it went on.

It contained a brief, and marginally interesting, discussion of the meaning and relevance of religious belief, but beyond that the storyline was absurd. The nadir of this execrable junk was the scene in which emaciated detainees were seen in cages in the basement of the "heretic's" house. Moreover, did he really spend time each day feeding and 'messing' them out? This seemed a very unlikely character trait of the 'heretic'!

In summary, I cannot think of any redeeming feature to this ridiculous film.

I put this film onto my list purely because of the director's name, Mike Leigh, whom I have always held in high regard.

However, I found the constant moans and complaints from the leading character in each and every scene rather tiresome. I stuck with the film for about 30 minutes to see whether there was any character development coming along. Regrettably, it was not discernable at that stage, and I stopped the film.

My rule of thumb is that any film which I need to stop merits just 1 star.