Yuck! We were rather dissappointed by this doddering Hollywood rendition of the quick-pulsed BBC miniseries. Russell Crowe was okay with his accent that he mastered for 'The Insider' (gravel = American). I could have done without that ac-tool Affleck & McAdams made me want to just give in and fall asleep.
What the hell were they thinking?
Better yet, what the hell was I thinking? Perhaps we were expecting too much. Compressing all that into a ? hour movie would just be a dumb idea anyway.
To be fair, I really thought Jason Bateman was good - yes folks, I actually wrote that. We were left wishing that we'd seen more of Bateman, the beautiful Robin Wright Penn & Jeff Daniels (who did slimy surprisingly well - he should do more of that).
So, I can only suggest that you avoid this and invest your time in the miniseries instead.
