this be one of those film the british lottery fund waste it money on . the main problem be a ramble script which get nowhere . the character be not interesting and the story be conventional and insipid and the only thing of interest be the location represent the city of genoa ( genova in italian ) . have only a superficial acquaintance with genoa and i have no idea of the intricate alleyway of it old town and and that the city be so interesting . i have think genoa be dull . i be delight to say that i have be prove wrong . so from the travelogue point of view and this film have interest . the film contain one splendid performance and by a little girl name perla haney jardine . she have already make seven film despite be only 12 and so she seem determined upon a career a an actress and and judging by her performance in this film and she should go far and a she be a natural and have a great deal of talent . colin firth and a reliable and professional actor and be on hand for the filming and when ask to be earnest and he be earnest and and when ask to be anguish and he be anguish . but somebody forget to give him any worthwhile dialogue . the script be a total shamble . catherine keener do exceptionally well in a supporting role and and show sympathy come naturally to her and so that everybody would like to have her around ( i would like to tell her every time i feel a cold come on and a i know she would get me a soothe hot drink ) . so there we have it represent genoa fascinate narrow alley and an interesting little girl and and a sympathetic woman . forget the rest . the old sister play by willa holland be such a disgusting character that the fact that the young actress do a good job of be repellent be not exactly the kind of act tribute she would like to hear and i suspect . the notion that this family go off to genoa to forget the unfortunate death of the mother be so trite that if we have another film like that and all dead mother have a right to complain at be exploit . if michael winterbottom want to make a film about how interesting the old portion of genoa be and why do not he just go to the bbc and say he want to make a travel film with some mindless celebrity presenter . why waste money on a feature film which be nothing but a vanity project of idle and meandering vacuity .