the life of the saint start off with an atmospheric vision of london a a bustle city of busy and quaint street and sunshine . i be hop it would maintain this atmosphere and but it get bogged down in a story that go pretty much nowhere . othello work for big and fat mr. karva and his crime bos step dad ( at least i think that be what he be suppose to be because it never really defined and but he do drop kitten into deep fat frier and so trust me and he a prick ) do scrappy little errand while his skanky girlfriend give daddy hand job . one of his colleague be runner and a black dude who be always dash from a to b. until the day he come across almost mute homeless child who grant him his wish of be able to stop running . runner dump the lost boy in othello flat and where he promptly start grant more wish . keen to have some of his own desire fulfil and karva have the boy kidnap . but he isn not sure of what would really bring him happiness . be it the innocence of be a child again or be it another hand job . either way and i do not want to see the little boy grant him the second . it just take age to get go and there be load of repetitive scene . the end try to be shock but since there hardly any back story on investment in any of these character it only serve a a release for the bored audience . writer tony grisoni and a favourite of terry gilliam and try to blend in some kind of religious allegory which end up be pretentious a all hell and ironically . if he give u something more accessible or at least have good explanation for the character suddenly act all weird then it would have be a more enjoyable film . a it be and we be introduce to a bunch of annoy loudmouth who then miraculously seem to develop intelligence when confront by the mysterious boy . who origins be never reveal . that just plain irritating . aside from sporadic moment of atmosphere and a moody score and this film have little to recommend .