This soapy tale is gorgeously mounted, has a cast of proved veterans and sexy young newcomers, and it never builds steam.
Endless voice-overs by Glen stop momentum cold, as the emotional rise is being described.
This is paint-by-numbers drivel that is predictable, and when it's not -- such as HOW DID GRANNY FIGURE OUT THE CLUE, it simply doesn't make sense. Twists are terrible and played out as if the audience are stupid.
Ruairi O'Connor brings interest, but the script and direction chicken out on what could be intense and searing.
Tanya Reynolds is saddled with a character so burdened with quirkiness (allergic to water, anorexic, depressed, misanthropic), that by the time the BIG SECRET of her existence is revealed, it's anticlimactic.
What a shame and what a waste.
Endless voice-overs by Glen stop momentum cold, as the emotional rise is being described.
This is paint-by-numbers drivel that is predictable, and when it's not -- such as HOW DID GRANNY FIGURE OUT THE CLUE, it simply doesn't make sense. Twists are terrible and played out as if the audience are stupid.
Ruairi O'Connor brings interest, but the script and direction chicken out on what could be intense and searing.
Tanya Reynolds is saddled with a character so burdened with quirkiness (allergic to water, anorexic, depressed, misanthropic), that by the time the BIG SECRET of her existence is revealed, it's anticlimactic.
What a shame and what a waste.