Colin Farell has done some good acting before, however in this one he was particularly off key, as was just about everything. As to Mr. Farell, I am not entirely convinced he has sufficient scope of ability or demonstrative emotional range to become a leading legend as his previous demonstrative 'shines' have previously confined themselves to the dark, introverted typecast and support actor scenes such as when he basked fairly ingeniously under the floodlight of Cruise. As to the movie - This is a good example of a movie where all parts effectively conspire tragedy upon the sum - production (cookie-cutter), music (bland to match the plot I suppose), dialogue (ho-hum), character (cardboard), narrative (ineffectual bandaid), plot (petty) and acting (lukewarm is a compliment). Accolades to the tatoo artists, though I suspect the style doesn't reflect historical context and style, and it doesn't particuarly matter.Moral of the story- take the "Two Thumbs Up." with a BIG grain of salt.