Review of Cassandra's Dream (2007) by Tim L — 27 Apr 2009

Terrible, just terrible! Starts with an Irish and a Scottish star both doing the worst cockney accents since Dick Van Dyke (it seems America just can't handle different UK accents?). Woody's organic script style relys on the ingenuity and chemistry of the actors, and at it's best this can create some truly touching and/or realistic scenes. However, this is unfortunatly not Woody at his best, and the actors are left looking lost and uninterested in their roles. Woody seems to have garnished knowledge of England through 2 minutes theme chasing on a wikipedia page, and his portrayal of English life and dialogue is embarassingly off the mark. The film does get slightly better towards the end, and there is at least one scene that has some suspense, but it's too little too late, and by this point you have either stopped caring, or started to create your own plot twists - not a good sign!

I know Woody can do a Hell of a lot better, and I'm hoping his new one proves this, but unless you're a completist, this isn't worth the watch really.