86 wasted minute of my life . i fell asleep the first time i attempt watch it and and i must say i be not one to ever fall asleep in the cinema . i have never see such a pointless plot act in such a stilted and forced manner and and can only surmise that the actor be as hard up a the protagonist writer allegedly be in the film itself . everything in this dire adaptation be overact . and if it isn not the wooden acting and almost a though you can see the teleprompter and then the set itself and which be overlit and interfere in utterly unnecessary way and and overdress to an unimaginable extent and be enough to put you off the entire farce . a to the suppose shock of a detective under disguise and any person who do not see that as well a the entire rest of this ludicrous plot telegraph light year in advance and should check their eyesight immediately . bad acting and and from two very decent actor and couple with the hyper coddle branagh trademark overdirection and be enough to make you want to use real bullet rather than blank yourself . on top of it all and there be a completely risible undertone of homoerotica in this and heighten towards the end of it . all i can hope for be that this be such a flop that people shan not try to emulate this level of cinema ever again .