Review of Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) by Rizza L — 07 Dec 2010

Whilst I do realise that Greeks and Italians speaking English is phoney in itself, I cannot get around the casting of "star" actors who are incapable of mimmicking a passable foreign accent. Hurt is bad, Bale is poor, but Cage's Italian impersonation is truly deplorable.

Cruz gets away with it presumably because Spanish intonation is so close to Greek. Aside from that CCM is a fairly innocuous, slightly ridiculous yarn that irritates more than it entertains. Decent enough score though.