Winning hands down the Oscar for undeserved nominations.Too many genres applied to a film can be a clue to its muddled nature.
For evidence, look no further than star-studded mega-budget movie The Tourist.
Described as, in succession, action, thriller, comedy, drama and romantic, The Tourist was designed to cash in on the pre-Christmas season and capitalise on big names like Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp as well as on tons of glamour and beautiful scenery. It's not for nothing that it was described as "two of the world’s most beautiful people in one of the world’s most beautiful cities".
Nothing, however, can save a flimsy story and a weak plot, and The Tourist is no exception.
The initial intrigue withers within fifteen minutes when the story sags and it becomes apparently that this is a thriller with no thrills and nowhere to go but opulence, chocolate boxes and Angelina Jolie's lips.
Incidentally, her preening persona grates after a while and Johnny Depp looks like he hasn't really grasped what the directors have asked him to do. That is, of course, supposing that they knew themselves which, judging by the whole thing, is quite unlikely.
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Apropos of nothing judging by the poster Jolie's let herself go with that beard and Depp's smartened himself up.
Did no-one think to mirror the image to match the credits beneath?
Awful film, perhaps Depp's worst.
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