i saw this movie a million year ( 5 year to be exact ) ago for the first the time . in the light of recent event with the australian woman schapelle corby be imprison in indonesia for so call smuggling pot and i decide to watch this movie again . i except to cry my heart out and cause i be sucker for hot girl in need ( just read my review of the stalking of laurie show ) . some moist escape my eye and but it be hardly bucket fill with tear . why . not because the two heroine weren not utterly adoring and helpless and not because the movie wasn not heartbreaking at the sight of these two kid in the prime of their live lock up in almost inhuman condition . why then . why do i not cry . i want to cry . when i rent a movie like this and i except to be move and to sob like there no tomorrow and to feel miserable and like it . this movie be simply too short to do this . it be just like the script be reduce to the main plot element and and while do this the psychological aspect be throw aside . clare dane and kate beckinsale do an excellent job portray the emotion of the two friend and but this movie just scream for more footage of these girl in their depressing ( and oppress ) surroundings . the mental journey be miss here for some reason . you only get to see the key moment of it ( which be very touching and i admit ) and probably because of bad edit . sometimes i felt these girl be walk around in a postcard . the relationship with the family member could also have use a bit more attention . what up with the relationship between the girl and the parent ( especially between alice and her dad ) . you catch a glimpse of it and but the film doesn not quite offer the whole picture and sadly enough . nonetheless this be a great movie and and at the end i even have to bite my lip a bit . but i guess this have more to do with the act skill ( and the look ) of the actress ( and the music ) then with the merit of the director . to be honest and i hardly know who kate beckinsale be before i watch this movie ( again ) . now and i be a fan . great movie and as long a you do not expect it to be classic cinema .