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Title: Beyond awful. It must be deliberate...
Review: Whether you've seen the original series or not, anyone with half a brain can see that this film is terrible from start to finish. The script is lame, Fiennes and Thurman sleepwalk through their roles with no feeling, the special effects are totally unnecessary (did they blow up Big Ben just so the Americans would think it was all so quaintly British?) and the direction was unimaginative. The plot idea was quirky and off-the-wall, but the way it was told was just so stupid it went from amusingly silly to boringly stupid very quickly. A must-see for all those insomniacs out there.
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