visually clutter and plot less and incredibly mind numb rubbish . not even close to greenaway good work . avoid at all cost . the overlap plit screen effect do nothing more than confuse and the film be very dark for a lot of the time and the artistic composing of image be pretentious in the extreme . there be absolutely nothing to recommend about this film while even the nudity be incredibly unerotic and which see it fill a large part of the film soon get very boring . plus and how anyone can say that the acting of ewen macgregor be brilliant be beyond me . he show more ability in the star war series and and that say something . i have not be so unimpressed with a film since i saw darby ogill and the little people .