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Title: Great acting wasted on utterly BORING movie
Review: I bought this film based on the directing of Mike Leigh and the lead actor Jim Broadbent, who had so successfully linked up in Topsy Turvy - a remarkable insight into the lives and music of Gilbert and Sullivan. While I found Broadbent and the other actors in this movie to be convincing, I found the story itself and the sad sack loser characters it portrays to be painful to endure. Basically nothing happens in the movie - ends as boringly as it starts.This is a character study of lost souls propped up by draining the energy and time of the "normal" main characters they rely upon. The "normal" main characters are portrayed so convincingly you want to wince when they have to survive the burdens imposed by their well meaning friends and family. If you are into slow-moving and intricate character pieces about the burdens of ordinary life, you may enjoy this. Frankly, it seemed like a well acted but depressing soap opera piece to me.
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