Title: This is what all the fuss was about?
Review: I'd read about this movie for years in my British movie magazines. Apparently it's an institution over there. I can't imagine why. It's a badly dated film that plods along without any discernable humor or wit. Most of the dialogue is just characters endlessly explaining the plot, which still makes little sense despite all this exposition.The direction is badly paced and unfocused and the actors are eithed adrift or worse, like the talentless girl who plays Caine's girlfriend and sounds like she's reading her lines off cuecards while stoned. Yes she's gorgeous, but couldn't they have found a girl who could look good and also believably portray a human being.I wanted to turn this thing off by ten minutes in, but forced myself to keep it on in hopes that it would improve. It didn't. Avoid this at all costs, it's an hour and a half of your life you'll never get back.
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